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On the time the bare liquor vessel buy-back strategy was rolled retired crossed Erode district, it drew stiff absorption from the Tamil Nadu Government TASMAC Employees’ Union (TNGTEU), which unopen down shops and staged a protestation adjacent the General Manager’s bureau connected Bhavani Road connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
District Collector S. Kandasamy said successful a merchandise that pursuing the Madras High Court’s directions, the strategy was extended district-wide from Wednesday. Of the 182 TASMAC shops successful the district, the strategy was successful unit astatine 3 hill-area outlets. Under the initiative, customers indispensable wage an further ₹10 implicit the maximum retail terms for each liquor bottle, and those returning the bare bottles, bearing a sticker with the store fig and “EC ₹10”, to the aforesaid outlet volition person the refund.
TASMAC employees, who had boycotted grooming sessions connected the scheme, intensified their protestation by downing shutters astatine 179 shops and demanding that the program beryllium withdrawn. They laid siege to the General Manager’s office, raised slogans and attempted to instrumentality the stickers issued for the scheme. Officials of the territory TASMAC absorption told the employees that they were lone implementing the court’s bid and asked them to reopen the outlets. All the outlets were opened astatine 2 p.m. connected Wednesday.
