ACOAML decries failure to implement liquor Act

IMPHAL | Aug 2

All Club, Organisation, Association and Meira Paibi-Lup (ACOAML) slammed the state government for failing to implement Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991 effectively.

A release said the act had never been implemented properly since the day it was instituted. The release further maintained that the prohibition of alcohol in the state has been never effective.

An Amendment Bill of the act was passed by the state government in 2002, which lifted the Act from five hill districts of Manipur.

Moreover, the prohibition of liquor has never been done for some communities which claimed that brewing of liquor is their traditional practice. These communities both in hills and valleys are making money out of it, the release said.

The inequality in the region wise ban of liquor in the state has also made the black marketers more convenient in doing their business, it said, adding the regulation is counter-productive and it could further polarise the ethnic communities.

The useless act which brings division among the people in the state should rather be removed, said ACOAM in the release.