Five Gujarat villages pass their own Prohibition ‘law’

Five villages of Vadodara district’s Sankheda Taluka have taken a decision to ban liquor and implementation of fine for anyone associated with liquor production or consumption.

A meeting in this regard was held at Primary school of Saniadri village during Gram sabha of Saniadri gram panchayat.

According to decision taken by villagers and leaders of Saniadri, Muthai vasahat, Maganpura, Chhan talavada and Dhanpur any person brewing liquor publicly would be asked to pay Rs. 11,000. If same person is caught selling liquor, the figure of fine would be Rs. 21,000. Any person who consumes liquor would have to pay Rs. 5,000 fine.

In any liquor related police case, if any person offers guarantee for release, he/she will have to pay Rs. 15,051 fine.

Sarpanch Babubhai Tadavi, Deputy Sarpanch Gopalbhai Baria, Taluka Panchayat member Kaushikbhai Patel, Ex-Sarpanch Rajendrabhai Patel(Maganpura), Talati Ramsing Rathwa and others were present in the meeting.

The decisions were taken in view of deteriorating social, economic and law and order situation in the villages due to liquor consumption, especially among youths.