Summary:
TRICHY/ CHENNAI: One cannot think about elections without talking about ‘quarter and biriyani’, that too in a state like Tamil Nadu, where the government runs primarily on revenues from Tasmac (liquor) outlets. With the Lok Sabha elections less than a month away, the demand to source and stock liquor has picked up.One major destination to source liquor for northern districts of Tamil Nadu is Puducherry, where it’s cheaper. We have strengthened the checkposts on the Tamil Nadu border to inspect all vehicles round the clock,” a police officer with the PEW told TOI.“Stocking and supplying liquor used to be a practice earlier. This puts Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) personnel in Nagapattinam and Karaikal under pressure, as bootlegging operations spike. But, bootleggers know all the bylanes to avoid the manned checkposts.The border with Andhra Pradesh is porous too..