Annamalai requests the closure of 129 Tasmac retail shops

K. Annamalai, founder of the ‘We the Leaders’ organization, has urged the closure of 129 liquor shops operating near educational institutions, places of worship, and bus stations.In a letter addressed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, he cited a government announcement dated May 12, under which 717 Tasmac shops operating within a 500-meter radius of places of worship, educational institutions, and bus stations were identified and ordered to be closed. He stated that a study conducted by his organization with public participation identified an additional 129 such liquor shops still in operation.“We conducted a dipstick study to ascertain whether there were indeed only 717 Tasmac shops within the specified radius. We found 10 shops operating near places of worship, educational in