Residents of 26 hamlets vow to stay away from ID liquor brewing
The Hindu
NTR District Police hold ‘Parivarthana 2.0’ programme on July 12
Residents of about 26 hamlets in Vissannapeta and A. Konduru and Gampalagudem mandals in NTR district promised to stop brewing Illicitly distilled (ID) liquor during the ‘Parivarthana 2.0’ programme here on July 12.
They handed over the utensils and the raw material used for preparing the ID liquor to the police and urged the latter to ensure alternative livelihood options for them.
Following the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) K.V. Rajendranath Reddy, the NTR district police and the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) organised the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Police Commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata assured to provide jobs to all eligible youth from 172 families, which gave up the illicit trade.
“The police, in association with the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation and P.V.S.R. Group, a consultancy, offered jobs to the villagers in 30 different companies,” said Mr. Kanthi Rana Tata.
SEB Director A. Ramesh Reddy appealed to the villagers to stay away from brewing or selling ID liquor and make NTR district an ‘arrack-free’.
“We appeal to the villagers to stop brewing, selling and consuming ID liquor,” Mr. Ramesh Reddy said.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.