Say No to Alcohol

SAY NO TO ALCOHOL

We The Art of Living-Kerala submit this memorandum as the part of

“Alcohol Free Kerala Project” to Sri. Oommen Chandy the Hon: Chief

Minister of Kerala for kind consideration and favorable implementation.

Sir,

Our beloved State, Kerala, the God’s own country, culturally and

educationally elevated State, is now facing the social threat of alcoholic

addiction. This disease is spreading irrespective of gender, social status

and literacy among the people of Kerala. And they suffer from physical and

psychological problems. Even though a good amount of our revenue which

could have been used for the development of the State, is being diverted for

the treatment and rehabilitation of addicted patients but there is no visible

results. The increasing cases of violence, robbery and sexual harassments by

addicted youths are to be seen seriously.

The more affected people are the home makers, as they are not able to meet

the daily expenses, even though their husbands are getting handful wages,

which is being utilized for alcohol due to addiction. Over and above, they

are also facing the torture from the drunkard husbands and they become the

victims of psychological disorder. The new generation is also moving towards

this trend, which is dangerous to the nation as a whole. Alcohol is the culprit

behind most of the criminal activities happening in our State. Around 40

lakhs out of 338 lakhs of people in Kerala are addicted to alcohol. An average

of 4000 people is using alcohol in every Panchayath of Kerala. It is surprising

to note that a Malayalee starts drinking at the tender age of 11. The death

on the road by drunken driving is around 4000 every year.

Annually, the State is spending Rs.3000 Crores for the purchase of rice,

whereas, Rs.8818 crores was spent for alcohol in the year 2012-13 according

to the Bevarages Corporation data. Alcohol is going to create a disaster to

Kerala by disturbing the integrity, by deteriorating the economy and by

increase of social issues & criminal offences.

Under this circumstances, as a responsible citizen of this land, I humbly

request the Government of Kerala to bring a total ban on alcohol

immediately.



VYAKTI VIKAS KENDRA-KERALA APEX BODY

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