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Members of All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), supported by the activists of CITU and a fewer women organisations staged a protestation connected Saturday demanding that the Andhra Pradesh authorities instantly retreat its determination to acceptable up shacks and the merchantability of liquor on the Visakhapatnam coast.
AIDWA Visakhapatnam territory president R.N. Madhavi, alleged that the determination arsenic anti-women and accused the authorities of attempting to alteration beaches into centres for intoxicant consumption.
She said that specified a argumentation would promote intoxicant depletion among younker and summation societal problems linked to liquor abuse, Pointing retired the State is already witnessing a emergence successful crimes, home violence, intersexual assaults and roadworthy accidents linked to intoxicant consumption.
Instead of controlling liquor sales, they alleged, the authorities is expanding entree to intoxicant and encouraging addiction among the public, Ms. Madhavi said.
CITU person P. Mani questioned whether women, students and families would beryllium capable to freely and safely sojourn the Visakhapatnam formation if liquor income were permitted from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., arsenic proposed. The leaders argued that tourism improvement should not travel astatine the outgo of nationalist information and women’s freedom.
The protestors besides criticised section elected representatives for remaining soundless connected the contented and accused the ruling authorities of adopting a contradictory stance connected intoxicant policy.
