CM rules out total ban on liquor in Uttarakhand

Tue, 18 April 2017

16:22

The predominantly tourist state of Uttarakhand "cannot afford" to go for a total ban on liquor, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said today, noting that prohibition had "failed" in Bihar and Haryana. Regulation, he said, is always a better option than total prohibition and the state government is moving steadily towards that goal.

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