Kattingeri: Village meeting on illicit distillation and intoxicant drugs

By Anil Alva
Bellevision Media Network

Kattingeri, Moodubelle, 27 June 2011: A village meet (Grama Sabhe) held in Shri Annapoorna Commercial Complex Hall, Kattingeri, on the illicit duplicate distillation and intoxicant drugs and its bad effects, on Saturday 25th June 2011 in the evening at 04.00 pm. The meet was jointly organized by Karnataka State Excise department Udupi district and the residents of Kattingeri.

 

The program began with prayer by Prabhakar Acharya, Edmer. The program was presided over by Shivaram Salyan - Belle Grama Panchayath Member. M. K. Somayya – Deputy Commissioner of Excise Department Udupi District was the Chief Guests. Other guests and dignitaries present on the dias were; Ganesh Nayak – President of Nisarga Yuvaka Mandala Kattingeri, Chandrakanth Rao – Owner of Shri Annapoorna Commercial Complex Hall, Somanath – Excise Inspector Udupi Zone, Dharmappa K. T. – Excise Department Udupi Zone.

 

 

M. K. Somayya in his speech said that, these kind of informative programs need be conducted by their department. The Excise department has started in the year 1968, but many people do not know anything about this department. Now the duplicate and illicit distillation has been completely brought under control in Udupi District. Selling of this duplicate liquor and its consumption can be deadly to the lives and hence any information of such people should be informed to the department, he said.

 

In his presidential address Shivaram Salyan said that, the intoxicant drugs has been in use by some young children and this will spoil our young generation. With the proper guidance and control by parents such bad addictions among the children can be avoided. Programs like these will be informative and useful in villages, he said.