Bubanewsar, India: (IMC Bureau)
About hundreds of women activists of 20 SHG groups and Belarpur Kalyani club of Raghudeipur Gram Panchayat under Derabish block on Sunday staged a rally creating awareness among the rural folk , protesting against the police inaction in arresting the liquor traders who were operating illegal liquor business,and demanding to close down all the illegal liquor business in the area despite the fact that they have umpteen times in past knocked the door of the district administration to look into their demands.
Despite persistent pleas before the district administration and the local police to close down all the illegal liquor trade in their locality following gullible people , college students and school going girls have been facing the nuisance of the alcoholic persons as they were creating problem on the locality with an inebriated state and crime graph has been ballooning in the area , but the authority did not act accordingly to their demands .for which they staged a rally protesting the callous attitude of the khaki clad police personnel ,alleged the agitated women of SHG groups.
This is our first protest ,we have taken a vow to close down all the illegal liquor business from our area .If the district administration would not able to close down the liquor trade operating in the locality illegally then we would make picketing in front of the liquor traders’ house by engaging our women activists not to give an opportunity to the locals to purchase liquor from the shop and if circumstances compel us , then we would not hesitate to destroy the liquor trader’s house . If such situation occurs then khaki clad personnel will be responsible for taking law into our hands”, stated women activists of SHG groups.
The rally was started from Nolasahi school and it passed through the Nolasahi, Rajnagar,Raghudeipur,Belarpur , Kansaripatana,Bhujibal, and Derakeshpur villages.
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