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Coimbatore: At least 14 bars attached to Tasmac outlets in the north zone were sealed on Tuesday after license holders refused to pay the monthly tender amount. Each shop has to pay a tender amount based on its revenue from the shop and the bar attached to it, separately. The district administration has plans to take a similar drive across the south zone where Tasmac shops owe it around Rs 1.25 crore in dues. However, they were not paying the amount due for the bars as they wanted to make more profit,” Balasubramaniam said.During the drive, six Tasmac shop contractors settled their dues as and collected receipts for the same. There are as many as 76 bars in the area and they together owe the district administration around Rs 2 crore.Six teams led by Tasmac north district manager Suresh and excise deputy commissioner Balasubramaniam on Tuesday went on a drive to shut the bars in the north zone after they defaulted on tender amount.“They had not paid the rent for June and July, despite repeated warnings..