There are 100’s of legal liquor shops from urban areas to block headquarters and rural areas. Achi-News

Achi news desk-
Anant Dubey |. While Jamshedpur is in the second position and Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, is in the third position. There are 100 legal liquor shops in Giridih district, from the urban area to the block headquarters and rural areas, of which 92 are government foreign liquor shops and 8 country liquor shops. A total of liquor worth Rs 6 crore 2 lakh 85 thousand were sold from all these shops between May 1 and May 4. Earlier, between April and May 4, Giridih district remained in the lead in Jharkhand in terms of liquor sales. However, the government has set a target of Rs 1 billion 21 crore revenue for Giridih district this year. But the speed of the drinks business clearly shows that the division can easily reach three times the target. According to the department, government revenue has increased by more than 30 percent. When the crackdown on fake liquor was tightened, the sale of genuine liquor increased After the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct, swift action was taken against illegal liquor in Giridih district. The police department and home of all the police stations of the district conducted continuous raids against liquor traders and destroyed more than two lakh liters of Mahua liquor and seized hundreds of tons of Java Mahua. Apart from this, more than 250 kilns were broken where Mahua liquor is prepared. Along with this, counterfeit English liquor was also seized on a large scale. An FIR was registered against more than 100 people on charges of illegal liquor trade, while more than two dozen people were arrested and sent to jail. The effect of the administration’s vigorous action was that the business of making intermittent liquor and Mahua liquor came to a standstill to a large extent. This led to a sharp increase in the sale of legal liquor and as a result, increased government revenue. Drinks sales figures in May 12664860 on 1 May 2024 13934026 on 2 May 2024 13080164 on 3 May 2024 11990995 on 4 May 2024