trichy antiliquor protests erupted in several parts of tamil nadu on friday a day after tasmac shops reopened the protesters demanded closure of the liquor outlets in their localitiesa group of residents at azhagiripuram near thiruvanaikovil in trichy staged a protest demanding the closure of two liquor outlets in their area the protesters mostly women said that the reopening of the liquor shops disrupted the peace in their familiesour livelihood is dependent on the income from washing clothes we have had no work for the past 40 days our men almost quit their liquor drinking habit now they are tempted to drink liquor again we are in severe financial crisis and the reopening of the liquor shops has further worsened our situation said m bhuvaneswari of azhagiripuram who was one of the protestersas many as 200 families are residing in azhagiripuram area the liquor outlets were situated close to their residential areas causing inconvenience to them they saidtheir protests drew the attention of police and tasmac and revenue officials the officials attempted to pacify them but the protesters stood firm on their demand finally the officials held a meeting with the protesters and agreed to shift the two shops to elsewhere in one month the shops will function from the same area till thenresidents of sellur in madurai staged a protest for the second day against opening of a tasmac outlet in their locality police detained around 20 protesters as many as 40 people led by cpm cadre staged a protest against a liquor outlet at meenatchipuram in madurai a team of police officials who came to the spot chased away the protesters