Warangal,March 03:VILLAGERS of Khila Shahpur of Raghunathpalle block in Warangal district recently took an interesting and innovative decision: that they would give up alcohol. The influence was not Mahatma Gandhi, but their support for the Telangana state.
This arose after they were told that the government was getting the maximum revenue from liquor and that the people of Telangana were contributing a lot of money to the state exchequer which was being used to develop the Andhra region. They decided that they could best pressure the government by denying them revenue.
The villagers adopted a resolution at the meeting and took a vow not to consume liquor till the Telangana state was formed. Not only that, they decided to spread this idea across the Telangana region.
It remains to be seen how long the villagers will stick to their vow; since the government knows very well how to lure them back into boozing!