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KARUR: Lessees operating bars attached to TASMAC retail shops selling liquor in Karur district are in a fix. They point out a “stringent and impractical” set of regulations and inadequate patronage as reasons for their landing in trouble. There are an estimated 106 TASMAC retail shops in Karur district, of which at least 70 have attached bars. Contrary to general expectations, those bars are not minting money but are squeezing the lessees who had opted to run them after a pretty long thinking last year. After repeated attempts, the officials found takers for the attached bars last year. For some months initially, the going was smooth but later on, the bar operators claim, officials insisted on implementing a set of 30-odd regulations and guidelines that are “stringent and impractical.” The guidelines included selling of drinking water, permitted soft drinks, bites, snacks and egg at a reasonable price only. More than anything else, the manner in which the lease amounts for the bars are being fixed is the root cause of all troubles. Previously the lease amount was fixed for certain tenure, now the officials insist on collecting as lease an amount proportionate to the sale of liquor in the particular shop. That the operators find it ridiculous as the sales in the IMFL retail shop does not necessarily mean a rise in the turn over of the bar, they claim. These days, the number of drinkers has gone up but those willing to sit in a bar attached to a retail shop and consume liquor have dwindled drastically. Many prefer the quiet setting of their own houses, hotels or even quiet and aloof waysides. Also, many fancy buying liquor and sipping it, sitting in their cars to avoid public glare. Frequent brawls have forced causal droppers at those bars to shy away from them. That is why the lessees point out the sale in a retail shop does not necessarily translate into business for a bar there. Also their calculations about garnering revenue from sale of used bottles have also run into rough weather as the price of bottles has come down. But officials are not listening. Actually we are contemplating relinquishing the bar tenders so that we might cut losses.
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