Several villages in the erstwhile Warangal district are intensifying efforts to eliminate illegal liquor belt shops through gram panchayat resolutions. Inavolu has joined the campaign, imposing fines and other penalties on those found operating unauthorised liquor outlets despite the ban
With local body elections underway, unauthorised liquor outlets have proliferated across rural Adilabad. Candidates are allegedly using liquor to woo voters, even as police claim to be binding over habitual offenders and stepping up checks to curb illegal sale and transport of alcohol.
Women in Kagaznagar mandal shut down illegal liquor belt shops in Chintaguda and Koyavagu villages, citing damage to family life due to alcohol addiction. They urged officials to act, after staging a protest at the Prohibition and Excise office in Kagaznagar.
