The Indore district administration on Sunday suspended the license of six pubs and bars till December 31 and also imposed permanent restriction on the smoking zone of the pubs and bars.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to curb the menace of drugs in Madhya Pradesh, Indore Collector Manish Singh on Sunday suspended the licenses of 6 pubs and bars. During the inspection of these bar, it was found that the youths below 21 years were consuming the intoxicants.
Collector Manish Singh said that Indore administration will not tolerate that youths fall in clutches of intoxicants. The pubs and bars were engaged in act of destroying the young generation. The pubs whose license are cancelled are Vidorra in palasia, Pitchers opposite of C 21 mall, Drinx Exchange opposite C 21 mall, TDS in Malhar mega mall, Kyro in Bhanvarkuan and Shosha in bhamori Vijaynagar.
Singh on Sunday reviewed the working of excise department Indore and instructed them to seal the bars. According to the notice issued by Indore collector Singh the suspension of the bars is due to the irregularities that comes under MP excise act 1915 section 31 (1) (k) for the pubs and bars functional for the year 2020-21. The pubs and bars owners will not get any type of benefit for the suspended duration regarding the fees paid or in any other case. And if in near future again any irregularities are found in these pubs and bar the permission issued to them will be permanently cancelled. The Collector also issued order to immediately close the smoking zone in the bars as the administration received the complaint that the drugs are consumed in form of smoking in these pubs. Indore collector Manish Singh has given strict orders that any type of effort by anybody to initiate the habit of consumption of drugs in the youths will be severely punished. Collector Manish Singh also warned the youths for their unlawful presence in pubs and bar and they will be punished for this.
Assistant commissioner excise Indore Raj Narayan Soni told The Pioneer that there are around 85 bars in Indore district and on the instruction of Indore collector Manish Singh the inspections of the bars will continue and also if any irregularities including any type of dance floors is found in any bars in near future, with the pubs and bars the action will also be taken against the concerned excise circle officer of that area. The objective of state government and Indore collector Manish Singh is to discourage the youths for consuming intoxicants.