Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Why Administration of Daman & Diu is not learning from other states affected by Judgement of the Supreme Court regarding sale of liquor

Judgement of the Supreme Court pronouncing restrictions on sale of liquor on National Highways. This has affected tourism, business, employment, economy, revenue, etc. overall but more particularly in UT of Daman & Diu, whose economy is mainly based on tourism.
States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Chandigarh, etc. have taken route of de-notifying National Highways and turning them into District Roads thereby making Judgement of Supreme Court not applicable on those roads.
Whereas idea implemented by Punjab is even more brilliant. They have not de-notified National Highways but enacted a law that will make Judgment of the Supreme Court ineffective by permitting bars and pubs on National Highways.
National Highway was notified some year ago turning Major District Roads into National Highways and I still remember that one politician had objected to publishing such notification for UT of Daman & Diu. Combined National Highways in UT of Daman & Diu may not be more than 12 KMS but there are 168 liquor bars and shops line up near converted Major District Roads. This gives revenue to the administration intune of crores of rupees and economy of these territories in good health by employment, tourism, etc.

It is not fathomable that why Administration of Daman & Diu is not trying tried and tested ways adopted by other states who have successfully implemented de-notifying of National Highways and turn them back into Major District Roads which they were earlier and reactivate cancelled licenses.

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