Tipple Sales in Silchar: Business that Let Live and Let Die

 Silchar : The local liquor bar in and around Silchar is gradually increasing. The families who have no other source of income have taken up the business extensively. This can also be due to the impact of unemployment in our country. Regardless of the results, the number of seller and the number of customer has a good uniformity. The survivability of any business in-fact depends on its customers. It can be said for sure that people’s affinity towards alcohol of all types is tipping  up the sales of liquor .The unauthorized liquor bars in and around the Silchar town are run mostly by  poor and helpless families .In spite of  routine arrest by  police they are still doing the business. These illegal bars along with the legal bars actually has no difference.

Neither of them is serving the society. Though on the one hand the business is ‘let live’ but on the Other  hand it is ‘let die’. This amazing sales report from a revenue official of Kamrup excise dept was  published in “The Times of India” on 13^th October issue as “The total sales figures of the last  few days are yet to come in as we get the detailed figures only after the end of each month. But, to our knowledge, liquor sales have crossed some Rs 8 crore only in October. The increase in revenue is rapid here due to the rising number of  consumers. During the Durga Puja last year, liquor worth Rs 5,19,28,681 was sold as compared to the reported Rs 8 crores sale  this year. The jump could be because we have got reports that this year some city pubs violated thedeadline norms”. The report clearly depicts that the celebration choice of the people has turn to liquor. A “Tribal Sungho” President once said “planning up a program with students has become difficult this days, as because, their attention are already drawn towards alcoholism, intoxication and thereby, violence and trouble”. This can be a threat to  the culture,  religion and  health of our society. Some of the students are already found to be regular consumers. In spite of their Knowledge  about the health effects of alcohol consumption, they  use to it as a fashion and show off. Such wrong notion in the aspects of alcohol consumption bitterly draw our attention.