The Bharatiya Janata Party, Ganjam district submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the RDC (Southern) on Thursday urging him to make Ganjam a liquor-free district. Demanding a complete ban on the selling and manufacturing of liquor in the district, the party members said liquor consumption has become an obstacle for development of the society. They said around 70 per cent of crimes that occur in the district are due to liquor consumption.
liquor shops are operating near educational institutions, markets and bus-stands and railway stations, etc. This has bad impact on the common people, the party leaders said.
They demanded that a sustained drive for ban on liquor consumption should begin from Ganjam district.