Over 300 villages in the East Godavari district are the hubs of illicitly-distilled (ID) liquor and the percentage of the district in country-made liquor brewing in the State is close to 16 per cent.
These statistics were announced by the Excise Department during ‘Navodayam,’ a campaign against ID liquor here on Tuesday.
The department identified the ID liquor was being brewed in 1,900 villages all over the State, in which 300 villages were located in East Godavari district.
Releasing the publicity material for the campaign, Collector H. Arun Kumar said that the district would be made ID liquor-free in the next three months with support from the public and the voluntary organisations.
“Liquor consumption is injurious to health, whereas the ID liquor consumption is quite dangerous, as there are instances of life loss due to the consumption of the hooch,” he said, after flagging-off two publicity vehicles aimed at campaigning against country-made liquor at the village-level.
Excise Department Joint Commissioner A. Chandrasekhar Naidu said that Krishna, East and West Godavari districts topped the list of districts where the ID liquor was brewed on a large-scale. Deputy Commissioner M. Satyanarayana was present.
