Servaikaranmadam residents urge closure of Tasmac outlet in Kamaraj Nagar

Residents of Servaikaranmadam colony panchayat submitted a petition astatine the play grievance redress gathering held astatine Thoothukudi territory Collectorate connected Monday, seeking the closure of Tasmac vino store located successful Kamaraj Nagar successful the village.

According to the petition, the store is situated adjacent to a temple, a CSI church, a polytechnic assemblage and a nationalist toilet installation for women. The residents said that the outlet was causing inconvenience to the nationalist and urged the authorities to region it successful accordance with the absorption of the government.

Ayappan, 23 a nonmigratory of Kamaraj Nagar said, “The liquor store has been functioning since 2020 and that aggregate petitions were submitted and protests had been organised to adjacent the shop.”

He added that astir residents of Kamaraj Nagar beryllium to economically weaker sections and expressed interest that the beingness of liquor shops could negatively power young radical successful the area.

Another nonmigratory alleged that a barroom was besides operating adjacent the outlet, claiming that those benefitting done the barroom person been attempting to forestall the closure of the shop.

In a petition submitted by members of ‘Narikuravar’ assemblage from Manthithoppu colony adjacent Kovilpatti stated that onshore had been allocated to them by the authorities successful 1992, wherever they person been surviving successful huts. However, immoderate individuals were attempting to encroach upon their onshore and obstructing the efforts to obstruction the area. They requested the Collector’s involution to guarantee justice.

The grievance redress gathering chaired by Thootukudi District Collector Vishu Mahajan, received 410 petitions, seeking assorted forms of assistance, including widow payment assistance, elder national pension and others.