The sale of liquor is making the life of people miserable as the State Government is not strengthening the law like the Orissa Prohibition Act, 1956 to curb liquor consumption.
Besides, with spurt in consumption of liquor, corruption, illegal and criminal activities have increased. Families are destroyed and accidents are taking place, said the Milita Odisha Nisa Nibarana Abhijan, Monna branch. It has decided to create awareness among the people for total prohibition and has questioned the State Government how far it is legally correct to defend the sale of alcohol in the guise of collecting revenue.
Among others, Abhijan district president Radhacharan Nayak, VP Surjya Narayan Das, general secretary Gupteswar Sadangi, joint secretary Sanatan Choudhury, secretary Madhusudan Sethi and treasurer Pramod Sahu were present.