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NO
“SMALL” TROUBLE IN KERALA!
Record
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Alcohol sales during the
Onam festival season in Kerala made the people of Kerala
poorer by Rs. 34.13 crore and the Kerala government
richer by half that amount.
The Kerala State Beverages Corp (KSBC), the sole
wholesaler of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) and beer
in the state, conceded that the sales was 49 percent
more than what was sold on the first day of Onam
festival last year.
“The pattern of sale is that the maximum sale is seen on
the first Onam day, which is today (Tuesday), but as the
first of the month is a dry day in Kerala, sales peaked
yesterday,” N. Sankar Reddy, managing director of Kerala
State Beverages Corp (KSBC) told IANS.
According to Reddy, last year, on the first Onam day,
there were sales of Rs.22.62 crore.
Reddy said only 17 shops sold liquor worth more than
Rs.10 lakh the first Onam day last year, but Monday saw
85 shops crossing this figure.
“Our shop at Chalakudy (in Thrissur district) recorded
the highest sale worth Rs.22 lakh, followed by the shop
at Karunagapally (in Kollam district), with sales worth
Rs.20.4 lakh,” said Reddy.
Now, with Thiru Onam, the most important day of the
festival falling on Wednesday, the KSBC is total
expected to earn Rs. 200 crore, forty crore more than
last year.
Over the past decade, churches in Kerala have been
leading campaigns against liquor, which they say have
been “destroying families and the future of children.”
Kerala, which contains 19 percent Christians of the 32
million population is among the highest
alcohol–consuming states in India.
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This page
is updated on Sep 18, 2009 |
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PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY
10 YEARS CELEBRATION
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