Rs. 51,000 fine on sell,consumption of liquor in this Gujarat village


Palanpur, 10 December 2013

A small gramsabha meeting in Palanpur taluka’s Malan village in north Gujarat on Monday took unanimous decision to ban liquor consumption. Local Thakor community approved the proposal of Rs. 51,000 fine to one who sells or consumes liquor in village. The amount collected as fine will be used for developmental works.

This special gram sabha meeting was organized by forest department employee, and son of this village Shri Parthibhai Pala. It was attended by local Thakor community people in presence of Palanpur circle police inspector RK Patel, Taluka PSI Belim, village sarpanch and others.