Women protest against liquor shop opening

A radical of women staged a protestation adjacent Karaikudi connected Monday preventing a authorities liquor store from being opened.

The Tasmac has been operating astatine Mithiravayal adjacent Karaikudi. Due to this shop, the radical of the country person been facing assorted hardships, the protesters claimed.

Eight years ago, the villagers engaged successful a continuous protestation for 35 days demanding the closure of the liquor shop.

Following this, the liquor store was closed. However, wrong a fewer months, it was reopened astatine the aforesaid location. Further, they alleged that galore radical from the country who consumed intoxicant person been continuously dying owed to reasons, including accidents and wellness deterioration.

“Because of the liquor shop, the fig of widows is expanding successful our village. Many are affected by wellness issues astatine an aboriginal age. Moreover, instrumentality and bid problems hap frequently. We bash not adjacent privation the ₹2,500 monthly rights allowance promised by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam oregon immoderate freebies; it is capable if the liquor store is closed.

The Sakkottai constabulary held bid talks with them.

However, refusing to judge it, the women continued to prosecute successful the protest. They besides made arrangements to navigator and devour astatine the spot. Upon learning astir this, Mineral Resources Minister T.K. Prabhu spoke to the protesting women implicit the mobile telephone and assured them that due enactment would beryllium taken.

Following this, they withdrew their protestation successful the evening and dispersed.

The Minister has assured to instrumentality enactment to adjacent the liquor shop. If enactment is not taken wrong a week, we volition protestation again, they added.