The sale of liquor in TASMAC shops resumed on Saturday after a Supreme Court stay of a Madras High Court order. Sales were regulated, as a token system was followed to ensure there was a check on the number of customers. A team of five policemen and home guards were posted at each of the shops to regulate the crowd.
This time, TASMAC authorities issued tokens to allow people on a first-come-first-serve basis. The authorities are issuing seven different colours of tokens for the seven different days of a week.
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Liquor shops across Tamil Nadu, barring Chennai and Thiruvallur, were reopened on May 16, 2020 after the Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order against running liquor shops at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Photo shows a tippler displaying his purchase after standing in sepentine queue at Uthukadu village in Kancheepuram district.
People lined up to buy liquor from a government-run outlet at Uthukadu village in Kancheepuram district.
People waiting in their designated spots based on the tokens outside an outlet in Uthukadu village in Kancheepuram district.
Social distancing being followed at an outlet in Ramanathapuram.
Police resort to mild caning to control the crowd outside a liqour shop in Tiruchi.
Customers wait outside a liquor shop run by TASMAC in Thoothukudi. The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation, better known as TASMAC, manages the wholesale and retail sales of alcoholic beverages in Tamil Nadu.
In a bid to ensure social distancing, this TASMAC outlet in Erode has made it mandatory for people to come with umbrellas. Rails and markings were also provided to ensure social distancing is followed.
This TASMAC outlet in Palayamkottai has constructed wooden barricades with ropes in between to ensure social distancing. However, this doesn’t deter liquor buyers.
This photograph was taken around 9 am at an outlet in Ramanathapuram. Customers who had tokens to buy liquor at 10 am slot arrived early.
A worker filing token number at an outlet in Thoothukudi. TASMAC has introduced colour coded tokens with time slots to ensure the outlets are not crowded. Only 60 tokens are given per hour.
A happy tippler walks out of a shop after purchasing liquor bottles from a shop near Anna bus stand in Madurai.
Customers were provided with hand sanitizers before their purshase of liquor, to ensure hygiene. Seen here is an outlet in Salem.
A man doubles his helmet as bag to carry his purchase, at a TASMAC outlet in Tiruchi.
