High volume sales at Tasmac outlets before Tamil Nadu lockdown
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Personal distancing went for a toss in Ambattur as people gathered in large numbers to purchase alcohol from a Tasmac shop on Saturday. | Photo Credit:
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The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) sold liquor worth ₹ 426.24 crore as soon as the lockdown announcement was made on Saturday by the DMK government.
Data provided by sources in Tasmac shows that Chennai region saw a sale of ₹ 100.43 crore and this was followed by Madurai which clocked sales of ₹ 87.28 crore.
The Trichy zone witnessed sales of ₹ 82.59 crore. While Salem and Coimbatore regions sold around ₹ 79.82 crore and ₹ 76.12 crore respectively.
With the Tamil Nadu government announcing a two-week completelockdown in the State from May 10, people rushed to super markets on Saturday morning to stock up on essentials. “I went to a hyper market
Despite curbs, Tasmac rakes in revenue
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Despite lockdown restrictions, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) has sold liquor worth ₹292.09 crore on the last day of April.
According to estimates provided by Tasmac sources, on April 30 the Chennai zone saw sales of ₹63.44 crore while Madurai and Coimbatore zones clocked sales worth ₹59.63 crore and ₹56.37 crore respectively. The Trichi and Salem zones saw transactions to the tune of ₹56.72 crore and ₹55.93 crore.
Sources said the sales were high due to a long weekend, and this had nothing to do with the election results which was slated to be announced on May 2. Salesmen at a few outlets in Chennai also noted that spending has been good at their outlets ever since the new lockdown norms came into place.
Coimbatore: Liquor sales at the outlets run by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) shot up on Thursday after the state government announced its decision to close them for two days on Saturday and Sunday. Tasmac officials expect at least 25% more sales till they down the shutters on Friday night.
There was a long queue outside the elite Tasmac shop on Bharatiyar Road near Lakshmi Mills on the day. A salesman at the shop said both the number of customers and the bottles they purchase had increased over the past couple of days.
“It is mainly because of the government’s announcement to close the shops on Saturday (May 1 - International Worker’s Day) and Sunday (vote counting day). Also rumours about the complete lockdown in the city has been doing rounds on social media. Hence, there is a rise in liquor sales,” he said.
TASMAC liquor sales touched Rs 252 cr ahead of Sunday lockdown
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TASMAC to issue tokens to curb crowding at liquor outlets. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 26 : The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC), which runs state government-owned liquor outlets, saw a record sale of over Rs 252 crore a day before the lockdown was imposed on Sunday.
A TASMAC release said it was the second time in April this year that the corporation s liquor sales had crossed the Rs 250-crore mark in a day. On April 3, three days ahead of the state Assembly polls, sales had touched the Rs 260-crore mark.