Dharwad: Unlawful sale of liquor illegally in rural areas of Dharwad district has grow to be a social fear, particularly for ladies and aged folks.
A number of girls in Yadwad village in Dharwad taluk mentioned liquor is bought typically provision shops and from some homes right here. Villagers alleged that regardless that the police and excise officers have been conscious of the unlawful sale, no raids have been carried out nor bootleggers booked. This has given rise to a suspicion that officers are hand-in-glove with the bootleggers, a homemaker mentioned.
The excise division has claimed it has not acquired any complaints in regards to the unlawful sale of liquor within the villages.
A lady mentioned that in Yadwad village, liquor is bought overtly typically provision shops. The bootlegger runs the enterprise around the clock.
As soon as every week, the bootleggers come to Dharwad or Garag to buy liquor in bulk and promote it at a better worth to villagers. This aside, liquor bottles from Goa too are saved on the market within the outlets.
These provision shops on fundamental roads have grow to be a hotspot for alcoholics from Yadwad, Nigadi, Shibargatti, Mulmuttal, Lakamapur and different locations.
The daily-wage staff spend their hard-earned cash on shopping for liquor. A lady mentioned that her husband earns Rs 350 each day however he returns house drunk after spending Rs 150 on alcohol.
Although the village elders demanded that these outlets be shut and the bootleggers ousted, no measure has been taken by the officers, Lalita, a homemaker, mentioned.
“It has grow to be extraordinarily troublesome to handle the household when costs of important items are rising. The liquor menace has come as salt on the wound. The administration and the excise division ought to take up measures to free the villages from the unlawful liquor menace,” Sainaj of Yadwad mentioned.
Kalghatgi MLA CM Nimbannavar through the evaluate assembly final week mentioned that in each village three to 4 shops promoting liquor illegally have surfaced. He requested the federal government to behave powerful on the bootleggers.