Monday 8 September, 2008

Wrong Shops @ Wrong Places


TASMAC locations:

TASMAC shops/bars(Tamil Nadu State MArketing Corporation),a place which is the most busiest and favourite among people these days,a place where everyone pays something to lose everything. Am least bothered to dwell about drinking and its hazards. Am pretty worried about the location of these so called TASMAC shops.

It is a pretty known rule that TASMAC shops/bars should be away from important public places like schools,temples etc. However I am noticing quite a few number of these shops being located very near to public enclosures. One such prominent TASMAC shop/bar is seen near Velachery Vijayanagar bus stand. The shop is so near that it seems to be the door to the bus terminus. It is located in such a way that anyone who wishes to go to the bus terminus has to cross this shop for sure. This Bus terminus being the connection point to the City for Velachery has to be used by wide variety of people who range from school children to officegoers, young to old who travel to and from the other parts of the city. Till now,I haven't seen any trouble in front of me, however condsidering the location and the crowd that throng the bar it is definitely a great cause of concern.
Especially during the evening hours when the crowd to the bar is at its peak its hard to pass by without a little bit of hesistancy and uneasiness. If its hard for me I can imagine how uncomfortable a female commuter or passer-by feels to walk via such a place crowded by hoards of men who are out of contorl. There is every possibility that something unruly can happen at any time.

If,Velachery being a place of rapid development has to face this I can just imagine how other places would suffer from such a shop. Am just wondering why the authorities who provided licenses to these TASMAC shops/bars did not foresee this when providing the shop a license.

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