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APSA motivation helps rehabilitate orphan girl
The Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA) and the State Committee for Anti-Liquor organised a public hearing of the families affected by the menace of alcohol at Bagh Lingampally here on Tuesday. Speaking after the hearing, APSA director A Srinivas Rao said that eight women whose personal lives were affected by the threat of alcohol, gave their testimonies to the panel and the people gath
​Hyderabad: The Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA) and the State Committee for Anti-Liquor organised a public hearing of the families affected by the menace of alcohol at Bagh Lingampally here on Tuesday. Speaking after the hearing, APSA director A Srinivas Rao said that eight women whose personal lives were affected by the threat of alcohol, gave their testimonies to the panel and the people gathered there.
"An orphan girl felt helpless and felt her life has no meaning just because her parents died due to heavy drinking of alcohol. She had to stop even her studies after her brother was also addicted to alcohol. But, motivated as she is by APSA, now plans to appear for 10th exams to enable her to live on her own," he added.
As in Bihar, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the two Telugu States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh should also take strong steps to ban alcohol in their States, said Justice Ambatti Laxman Rao. He said that immediate preventive steps should be taken in order to save the poor families which were being pushed down the poverty line as their hard earned money was being wasted for consuming alcohol and then for medical treatment as the health hazards due to this addiction aare many.
Justice Chandra Kumar said all political parties have their own manifestos, in which they all promise to close down alcohol shops but later nothing is done and the alcohol businesses flourish, pointing out that many times the government says that major revenue to the State is from the excise department and closing down alcohol shops would affect the revenue of the State.
"Women who are protesting against the alcohol business are being harassed. This is not the problem of just women alone, it is the problem of the entire society and everyone has to join hands to curb this menace," said Sandhya, chairperson of the Progressive Organisation of Women (POW), who was also present on the occasion.
