NHRC seeks reply from Uttar Pradesh government over hooch deaths
- | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019
AGRA: Days after TOI reported about the unabated production of illicit liquor in a village, Pusaina, in Mainpuri district , the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter and has issued a notice to the state government seeking a detailed report in the matter. In its notice, NHRC has directed the UP chief secretary to submit a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.The report should be comprehensive, covering the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the state agencies along with status of benefits of the social welfare schemes provided to the aggrieved families, the notice added. The commission has observed that apparently no strict action has been taken by the police and the district administration to curb the menace.The illegal business of hooch manufacturing has been going on in the area for some years as mentioned in the news report and no action seems to have been taken to address the core issue.Recently, over 100 people died in after consuming spurious liquor in Saharanpur and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haridwar district of Uttarakhand.
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