This Tamil Nadu District Makes Full Vaccination a Must For Buying Liquor. Details Here

Aadhaar cards are also required to be submitted along with the vaccination certificates to purchase liquor at the TASMAC outlets.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Priyanka

Updated: September 3, 2021, 5:29 PM IST

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Nilgiris is the first district to come up with such an initiative in Tamil Nadu. (Representational Image)

Chennai: In a bid to promote COVID vaccination, Nilgiris district authorities in Tamil Nadu have made it compulsory for the residents to receive both doses of COVID shots to buy alcohol from state-run TASMAC outlets. Nilgiris is the first district to come up with such an initiative in Tamil Nadu. Aadhaar cards are also required to be submitted along with the vaccination certificates to purchase liquor at the TASMAC outlets.

“Some people said they’re unable to get jabbed due to alcohol consumption. Now, to buy alcohol, they’ll have to show proof of vaccination,” District Collector J Innocent Divya told ANI.

Almost 97 per cent of the population in the district was administered vaccine doses, either first or second. The administration wanted all the citizens to take the second jab also and this step was part of the drive to vaccinate the residents.

(Based on ANI inputs)