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The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) has temporarily unopen down its liquor retail outlet astatine Vadagur hamlet adjacent Orathanadu successful Thanjavur territory pursuing nationalist protest.
According to authoritative sources, the outlet was opened connected February 10 astatine Vadagur by the TASMAC administration. Subsequently, section radical gathered connected Thanjavur-Vettikadu roadworthy passing done their hamlet and staged a roadworthy roko demanding the closure of the store astatine their hamlet.
Senior Revenue and Police officials rushed to the spot and tried to pacify the protesting villagers. The demonstrators pointed retired that surviving situation successful their portion was severely deed pursuing the opening of TASMAC vino retail outlets astatine Chellampatti, Kottai Theru and Poiyundarkottai a fewer years ago, arsenic respective young-aged persons fallen addict to depletion of intoxicant pursuing the opening of these 3 outlets.
Several protests were staged by the villagers which resulted successful the closure of the supra mentioned 3 shops. Such being the case, mounting up of a caller retail outlet astatine their hamlet, Vadagur villagers claimed, would lone nullify their efforts to person a peaceful surviving environment, hence they demanded imperishable closure of the recently acceptable up vino retail outlet.
However, the Revenue and Police officials told the demonstrators that the store would not commence its functions until the contented was sorted out. Stating that a ‘peace committee meeting’ would beryllium held astatine the Orathanadu Taluk Office connected February 11, the officials asked the demonstrators to retreat their agitation and be the gathering to registry their protest.
