# Tasmac shops near schools and temples will be closed or relocated

- ID: P10-D-02#3
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p10-d-02-3 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p10-d-02-3)
- Pillar: 10. People's Government; Truthful and Honest Governance
- Section: D. Law and Order and Justice
- Manifesto page: 88
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 12 May 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Tasmac shops located near schools and temples will be immediately closed or relocated.

## Where it stands

Formal order on 12 May 2026.

The government ordered the closure or relocation of specific liquor shops near schools and temples.

**So far:** Order issued to close 717 retail liquor shops near places of worship and schools.

**Not yet seen:** Nothing further noted.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 12 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21710: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin ordered the closure of 717 retail liquor shops located within 500 meters of places of worship, educational institutions, and bus stands within two weeks. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.007-Honble_CM_Press_Release_-_Closure_of_TASMAC_shops.PDF))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.