Prohibition on liquor consumption and its sales in few villages
has shown its impact on habitual drinkers while other people are at peace in the
Adilabad district of Telangana.
Stopping consumption of liquor all of sudden by habituated
drinkers as part of the prohibition drive caused health problems in many of
them.
As many as 100 habituated drinkers fell sick as they had
stopped consuming liquor obeying to the oath they had taken boycotting the
consumption of liquor and its sales in Kamole village in Bhainsa mandal.
Villagers imposed prohibition on liquor consumption and sales
in many villages across the district in the recent past just after the state
governments’ move to introduce cheap liquor and also during the Grama Jyoti
programme. Villagers imposed prohibition
ion liquor consumption and its sales in Kamole, Mategoan and Kamsara
grampanchyats in Bhainsa mandal recently.
The sick persons were shifted to Bhainsa where they were undergoing
treatment.
The habitual drinkers who stopped drinking complained of
various symptoms and started behaved differently. What initially
was noticed in 20 drinkers soon increased to nearly 100.
However, the villagers of Kamole have implementing the
prohibition on liquor consumption and sales in their village despite the large
number of habitual drinkers falling sick.
Bhainsa Area hospital superintendent Dr Kashinath said, these
symptoms were common in those addicted to liquor as the nerve system is affected
so blood pressure fluctuations and anxiety are not entirely unexpected.
He advised that habitual drinkers to consult doctors before
giving up liquor consumption and eat nutritious food, fruits, vegetables and
include B complex vitamins in the diet. A consultation with psychiatrist will
also help.
Adilabad Excise Deputy
Commissioner Shivraj also visited Kamole and appreciated the villagers for
implementing the prohibition on liquor sales and promised to cancel the license
of liquor shop in their village.
Village development committee (VDC) members shifted the sick
persons to Bhainsa government hospital and a medical camp was set up in the
village to treat the habitual drinkers. Psychiatrists and a team of doctors
visited the Kamole and gave counseled them.
Such incidents were also reported from other villages where
villagers took the decision boycotting the liquor in protest against the state
governments effort’s to introduce cheap liquor which was withdrawn latter and
also to control nuisance of the drinkers in the villages.
Women groups and youth associations had played a vital role
in imposing prohibition on liquor and its implementation recently in Buggaram
village in Neredigonda and Bambara in Wankidi and few villages in Talamadugu
and Tamsi mandals.
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