| Photo Credit : — Photo : G. Moorthy Madurai Bureau For defying the 20 - year-old ban on toddy tapping ; protest at various places TIRUNELVELI : Defying the 20 - year-old ban on toddy tapping , a group of palmyrah workers tapped toddy at Kalvilai near Koodankulam and Pattankaadu near Vasudevanallur on Wednesday even as the police arrested 676 workers , including 66 women , in the district when they tried to tap toddy .