Oct 2nd also witnessed anti-liquor protests in Belagavi, Dharwad and Balgalkot. Reminds me of what I read about 1857 Sepoy mutiny that sprung up in different places on various scales simultaneously. some pics from these areas
Monday, October 3, 2016
Saturday, October 1, 2016
‘I have 3 children, a loan of Rs.20000 to repay and a husband dying due to liver failure; except for 50 goats I have nothing in hand’, this is the heart wrenching story of Kannal Virupama from Hunur GP in Lindsugur Taluq.......thanks to alcoholism and the government’s unwillingness to ban alcohol; every day several families are going down the drain...
‘my husband is a drunkard and uses all his earnings for liquor, he beats me badly; I have breast cancer, it is very painful, but I have no money to get medical help... I have four children, the youngest one goes to anganwadi, what will happen to them if I die? I have a loan of Rs;15000 on me’, cries Nanjaldinne Uligamma of Hunur GP.
Why women from Harijanwada are angry?
The women of Harijanwada in Raichur urban are angry, sad and frustrated. There is rampant sale of spurious liquor made from what people call as CH4. ‘Our boys are dying, we have complained to police several times but no action has been taken. People buy this white powder from Telangana. It is cheap and highly potent. People keep it in secret places in their homes and sell them’, the women say in one voice.
Story of Gauramma from Gorabaal caamp
‘I am 65 years old and have four grandchildren to take care of. I have one daughter and one son. I lost my daughter 5 years ago when her husband in drunken state doused her in kerosene and burnt her to death. He was an alcoholic and had relationship with other women in the neighboring village. There were frequent fights between my daughter and her husband, the children suffered a lot but I never thought that he would do something so cruel’, Gauramma breaks down ....Gauramma is from Gorabaal Camp.
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