Summary:
At least for next 30 days, our women and children can live freely,” said a villager. Tourists from bordering Karnataka can just hop across to purchase alcohol at a much cheaper rate than their home state. We have a population of around 500 and we would have another 500 visitors coming in on a weekend. It is this pristine environ of Surla that has become its bane. They would stand on the roads and drink and break the bottles in the adjoining fields..