chennai tasmac netted a revenue of rs 2179 crore on saturday as people crowded the liquor outlets to stock bottles in view of the complete lockdown on sundaythe outlets in chennai and its three neighbouring districts accounted for about 25 per cent of the total sale recorded on saturday the official sources said usually the liquor sold for rs 290300 crore over the weekend on saturday and sunday combinedhowever covid19 protocols such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing were thrown to the wind as customers were competing with each other to get their share of liquor the outlet in thoraipakkam on rajiv gandhi salai wore a chaotic look in the evening the customers were jostling with each other and some were seen without wearing masks near the sale counter the scene was no different at two outlets in madipakkam clearly enforcement of the covid protocols at the outlets had taken a backseat when contacted official sources in tasmac said they would bring back the system of circle markings for individuals to maintain social distancing tnn published on jan 10 2022 at 0836 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app liquor sale tasmac chennai liquor lockdown liquor shops alcohol revenue homenewstasmac nets rs 218 cr in lockdown eve liquor sales