Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat takes first step towards prohibition

He asked women to instil good valued in children

In what appears to be the first step toward prohibition, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat (pictured) on Sunday cancelled licences of the two government-controlled liquor shops in his Doilwala Assembly constituency, near here, in view of widespread agitation by women.

“Today we cancelled two licences of liquor shops at Sun Village in Doilwala area (Dehradun district). We will return the royalty of Rs 52 lakh also,” Rawat said, after performing the bhoomi pujan of the University of North West Himalayas in Dehradun district.

Scores of women had been bitterly opposing the opening of two liquor shops under the new excise policy