representative imageliqour outlets across tamil nadu grossed 252 crore from sale on saturday ahead of the total lockdown sunday when tasmac outlets remained closed this is the second day in april that tasmac has crossed the 250 crore sales mark after making 260 crore on april 3 two days before the assembly electionaccording to official sources chennai zone comprising the city chengalpet kancheepuram and tiruvallur districts earned 583 crore in liqour sales on saturday while madurai zone had a sale of nearly 495 crore liquor shops in coimbatore and trichy zones collectively sold around 97 crore worth liquor salem zone had recorded sale to the tune of 478 crore on saturday advt normally tasmac outlets across the state record 130 to 140 crore in sale on saturdays this saturdays sale was about oneandahalf times the sale on other days a tasmac official said with sunday being a complete lockdown day the sale spiked despite working hours of liquor outlets being reduced by one houranother source with the liqour marketing corporation said a section of its customers rushed to buy liqour thinking the outlets may remain closed this weekat least 15 elite tasmac outlets in and around chennai selling imported foreign liquor ifl remain shut after the state governments directions to control rising covid19 cases district managers of the stateowned marketing corporation have been directed to close all retail vending shops in shopping complexes and malls from monday in view of the state governments announcement to close all big format shops of the 32 elite shops functioning in the chennai metropolitan area 16 will be shut official sources said other liquor outlets are operating in small shopping complexes the tasmac official added tnn published on apr 26 2021 at 0328 pm 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 tamil nadu booze tamil nadu chennai metropolitan area tamil nadu drinks sell chengalpet homenewstamil nadu booze worth rs 252 crore sold on saturday