coimbatore as many as 64 tasmac shops situated on the national highways nh in coimbatore district will have to relocate once the madras high court order to that effect becomes operational beginning april 1 tasmac officials have identified new locations but most of these are in the residential areas residents here arent amused about tasmac shops shifting into their vicinity on saturday nearly 200 persons mostly women from tas nagar vinobaji nagar at naripallam road near mettupalayam tried to block traffic on ootymettupalayam main road protesting the alleged government move to shift tasmac shop number 1787 to the area they felt a tasmac shop will become a nuisance for the public however police persuaded the protestors to call off the blockade over 700 families are living in these two areas and they are using naripallam road if the tasmac shop is shifted to the area it will be a nuisance school children and women are using naripallam road and it will be a great threat to their safety said b rajkumar general secretary coimbatore north district of hindu munnani however the tasmac shop supervisor thirumaran assured the protestors that he would inform higher authorities about their opposition elsewhere in the city sri lakshmi nagar welfare association has protested the possible shifting of a tasmac outlet to their area tasmac shop number 1486 is functioning on coimbatore mettupalayam road at gn mills the tasmac authorities are planning to shift the shop to sri lakshmi nagar a vinayagar temple a private school and a bus stop are situated near the shop it will create unnecessary trouble for the public said r srividya from sri lakshmi nagar kavundampalayam b rajendhran organiser of the association said the residents in the locality will conduct a protest against the tasmac administration if they shift the shop to their area drunk men will create nuisance in the area so we have lodged a petition with the district collector and the tasmac administration but we did not get any positive reply from the officials he said he also added that the tasmac shops in their locality will affect the peaceful atmosphere of the area as drunken brawl will be a common thing sri lakshmi nagar is a main locality where all the school buses stop for picking and dropping school children and hundreds of school going children have to use this road to reach schools