Post Card Campaign in Maharashtra for Making State Liquor Free

Oct 8, 2012, 16:05 IST

India Current Affairs 2012. Tribal women from Maharashtra's Chandrapur district have sent 80,000 postcards to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on 6 October 2012 asking to make the district liquor-free

Tribal women from Maharashtra's Chandrapur district have sent 80,000 postcards to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on 6 October 2012 asking to make the district liquor-free.

Hundreds of women from rural parts led by president of Shramik Elgar- Paromita Goswami and Dr Rani Bang took out protest rally in town and after the rally the participating women posted 80,000 letters to CM Prithviraj Chavan.

The demand to ban liquor is being made since 2010 in Maharashtra. The different non- governmental organization and NGO’S have been asking a reassessment of the state government's policy on liquor in the district, including the sale of country liquor and Indian made foreign liquor. But the Government side is showing no results.

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