Tamil Nadu: Liquor shops to open in tomorrow; colour coded tokens for crowd management at outlets

Colour coded tokens, that specify time and day of week are rey for distribution to consumers to buy liquor at State-owned outlets set to open on Saturday as part of efforts to man crowd and ensure social distancing.

Supreme Court's order earlier on Friday paved way for resumption of liquor salein Tamil Nu through Tamil Nu State Marketing Corporation retail vends.

As per new arrangement, those seeking to buy liquor will have to gettoken first and only n y could make purchase on date and time specified, an office-bearer of a TASMACworkers association said here on Friday.

liquor outlets start sales from tomorrow in n-containment areas, except in Chennai Police limits and Thiruvallur district limits, a press te said.

Shops would be open 10 a.m to 5 p.m and only 500 tokens would be issued to public per day per shop, release ded.

Seven different colour-coded tokens have been reied to be provided to people.

"Preparations for bringing out tokens in seven colours including blue, green, navy blue, and violent began sufficiently in vance and tokens would be sent to all outlets for distribution...approximately 500 persons will get tokens on an aver per day," said general secretary of TASMAC Workers AssociationD Dhanasekaran.

TASMAC shops, which reopened on May 7 h to close down operations next day following an order of Mras High Court which directed closure since guidelines like individual distancing were flouted.

shops h opened after a 43-day dry spell on May 7 owing to COVID-19 lockdown. On May 9, state government h moved Supreme Court challenging Mras High Court order closing shops.