Migrant workers' deaths: Govt says it has no data. However, TASMAC shops inside malls and inside containment zones will continue to remain shut. The Tamil Nadu state-owned liquor shops of TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation), will reopen in Chennai and its limits from Tuesday, officials said on Sunday. This came as a disappointment for tipplers in the city.

Support our journalism by becoming a TNM Member - Click here. However, now, with the state implementing relaxations across the state, TASMAC shops are set to reopen in Chennai from Tuesday. Owing to Chennai’s steeply increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the government took precautionary measures to keep the state-run TASMAC shops located inside Chennai to remain shut. On opening day, hundreds thronged TASMAC stores in the state. There are multiple groups which have been opposing the government’s move to reopen TASMAC shops, citing that it will be “highly risky” and could lead to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Just a day later, on May 8, Madras High Court ordered shut the TASMAC shops and instead allowed only online sales of liquor when visuals showed people queuing and overcrowding outside liquor shops.

Following social distancing norms and wearing face masks, while buying liquor, is a must. DMK chief MK Stalin and other party workers had worn black shirts, and carried black flags to condemn the state government’s move. After remaining shut for over five months, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) outlets in Chennai re-opened today. Chennai has been witnessing a high number of Covid-19 cases. The shops will remain open between 10 am and 7 pm. These outlets will open … Tamil Nadu presently has 54,019 active COVID-19 cases of which 11,498 are in Chennai. Here is a list, Spotlight On Pangong, China build-up now clear in Depsang, Is 2020 the worst year for civilisation? Times Syndication Service. Notably, just on August 8 alone, TASMAC shops in Tamil Nadu, except Chennai region, sold a whopping Rs 189.38 crore worth liquor.

Tamil Nadu government, in its latest directive issued on August 16, has announced that stand-alone Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) shops located within Chennai City limits can open beginning August 18, Tuesday.

The shops would open for business at … For reprint rights: Syndications Today, File photo of a TASMAC shop owner calculating a bill in Chengalpattu. After a period of strictly enforced lockdown that existed for over 75 days, TASMAC shops in the state, located outside Chennai City limits, were allowed to open from May 7. Archaeologists unearthed 27 sarcophagi in an ancient Egyptian city of the dead. TASMAC liquor stores in Chennai reopen after remaining shut for over five months — only 50 people will be allowed per hour, Delhi airport likely to have COVID-19 testing facility for international arrivals, The ban on Vedanta's Sterlite Copper smelter unit in Tuticorin to continue, says Madras High Court, Supreme Court refuses direct transfer of contributions made to PM CARES to NDRF, Google, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Ericsson and other companies hiring software engineers in India right now, Barack Obama has privately voiced concerns that Joe Biden could 'f--- things up,' according to a report. Copyright © 2020. Opposition parties too, including the DMK, CPM, VCK, and Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam, criticized state government’s decision to open TASMAC shops, which are potential hotspots for the spread of COVID-19. LG has announced eight new OLED TVs starting at ₹14,990 in India, Bilkis – the ‘dadi from Shaheen Bagh’ is now one of the world’s most influential people, Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi dies of coronavirus, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the company's IPO⁠— 'When the market's ready for Airbnb, it will go public', Roshni Nadar, Divya Gokulnath, Ameera Shah and Vinati Saraf — India’s most powerful businesswomen of 2020, according to Forbes, Master Business Fundamentals from Wharton. The TASMAC shops will be allowed to do business between 10.00 am to 7.00 pm.

Even though the TASMAC has reopened across the state, the Tamil Nadu government did not reopen those shops in Chennai due to fears of the spread of the coronavirus. In May, when the Tamil Nadu government allowed TASMAC shops to reopen in other districts, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies had protested against the move.

After a period of strictly enforced lockdown that existed for over 75 days, TASMAC shops in the state, located outside Chennai City limits, were allowed to open from May 7. Times Internet Limited. The shops will remain open between 10 am and 7 pm. But didn't people die? Each TASMAC shop can allot only 500 tokens per day. However, TASMAC shops inside malls and inside containment zones will continue to remain shut.