Gutkha Ban Seems Farce

Guwahati | Monday | 9th December, 2019

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Staff ReporterGUWAHATI: Is gutkha, a chewing material that contains tobacco, really a banned stuff? Even after the recent ban, gutkha is being sold in the State, including Guwahati city, openly. Talking to this reporter, a pan-masala vendor doing business in Guwahati said, “We've no knowledge about the ban on gutkha and other tobacco products. If a substance has to be banned, the ban should be very effective and total. However, because of paucity of the manpower, we've not been able to make the ban total..