Saraikela-Kharsawan District Lok Samiti Calls Convention for Liquor Prohibition @JBFMumbai

19 November 2021, Saraikela: Today Saraikela-Kharsawan District Lok Samiti has organized a convention upon Liquor Prohibition at Utkal Mani Adarsh Pathagar with support of NBJK-Hazaribag & Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation-Mumbai.

Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) was the Chief Guest of this program who termed liquor as a main obstruction to development of any person-family-society-sate-nation and said that liquor caused incidents of violence, booty, rape; road accident, women atrocity etc are on rise. He warned to not compare liquor consumption in India with foreign countries as their climate, social structure, intake timing-manner are totally different and they too are suffering from broken families as more people become mentally ill because of alcoholism. Mr. Girija Satish pointed out that the Government is not willing to withdraw its powers in favour of PRIs, imposing various legal provisions for grassroots VOs those work among people on ground. He demanded for a strong prohibitive law for not only Jharkhand but for entire India and asked the Government to arrange sufficient irrigation facility for farmers.

Before this, Mr. Shankar Rana (Co-ordinator, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has briefed about Lok Samiti’s anti-liquor campaigns in Bihar & Jharkhand in the years 2014 and 2017. He updated about recent intervention by the organization against liquor in Jharkhand.

On this occasion, Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Co-ordinator, Lok Samiti) has stressed upon liquor prohibition for a strong and safe society. Mr. Manoj Choudhary (Vice-president, Saraikela Municipality) has supported to ban liquor in Jharkhand due to high crime rate. Mr. Angura Mahto (Founder Member of District Lok Samiti) said about activities to make people aware of No Liquor campaign and reminded for requirement of legal support. Mr. Ganesh Gagrai (Ex-Mukhiya) has maintained to discard alcohol if we want to promote education & women empowerment in our society. Mr. Karmu Mardi has proposed to ban liquor under a strong Panchayti Raj system while Mrs. Lakshmi Jyoti presented an awareness song to get rid of liquor and supported for its socio-legal prevention.

The event was chaired and anchored by Mr. Angura Mahto and Mr. Gurupado Mahto respectively in presence of around 125 women-men including Mr. Jagat Kishor Pradhan, Mr. Rajesh Singh Deo and Mr. Rajaram Mahto etc as prominent citizens from the area.