QR code glitch: ₹15 cr Tasmac stock returned

OVER ₹15 crore worth of liquor bottles supplied to Tasmac outlets in the Coimbatore division have been returned to the godown at Peelamedu, according to Tasmac employees.

- M SARAVANAN @Coimbatore

They allege that the returns are due to scanning devices being unable to pick up the bottles' QR codes.

Tasmac porters union president Beer Mohammed said, "Over 18,000 cases of returned liquor bottles have been kept in the godown. After the implementation of the scanning system, our workload has increased. We are working three to four hours additionally to arrange the returned bottles from the outlets. Employees are not able to handle new cases due to the space occupied by the returned bottles. Workers are facing hardship in differentiating the old and new cases. Tasmac is yet to clarify whether they are going to return the cases to the companies or destroy them."