Wednesday, June 1, 2011

YC protests opening of liquor shops in public places




Protesting the opening of liquor shops in public places as well as selling of illegal liquor shops in the city, the Youth Congress (YC) handed over a memorandum to the Excise Commissioner Ganesh Shankar Mishra on Thursday. The YC members led by their Raipur Lok Sabha president Vinod Tiwari urged the Mishra to quickly order closure of illegal liquor shops and ahatas as well as shifting of licensed liquor shops located in public places, especially near academic institutions and religious places, to non-populated areas.
“The illegal liquor is not only being sold in the urban areas but even about 40 percent of the state’s villages too witness this practice on daily basis. The sale of illegal liquor and accumulation of drunkards in the public places has increased the crime rate in the state,” Tiwari said.
“We have requested to the Excise Commissioner to ensure that only licensed liquor shops should get permission to operate in the district. Similarly, the practice of gathering and drinking near liquor shops or in the ahatas opened in the public places should also be prohibited,” he said.
“The people have to face inconvenience owing to wrong excise policy of the government as all the liquor shops have been opened in the public places,” he said.
He informed that the liquor shops at public places had become popular hub for the drunkards and the anti-social elements who frequently tease the passers-by, especially females even in broad daylight.
He alleged that the local administration was giving asylum to the liquor contractors on government’s directives and was deliberately not shifting the liquor shops from public places to elsewhere.
The YC warned the Excise department of launching massive anti-liquor campaign in the district if its demands would not be fulfilled in next ten days. “Through agitation, we will continuously mount pressure on the Excise department and state administration to tighten noose on the liquor contractors,” Tiwari said.
In its memorandum, the YC demanded from the Excise Commission to shift the liquor shops that are being operated at different locations in the city like – at Shankar Nagar main road near Harishankar College, in front of Police Parade Ground near petrol pump, at Lakhe Nagar chowk, near Vyas Talab in Bhanpuri, at national highway (GE road) near two malls, Fafadih main road, near Krishi Upaj Mandi and at Arang Bus stand.

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