DNSU asks State Govt to study ‘boon and bane’ of NLTP Act
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 9 (MExN): The Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) has urged the State Government and all stakeholders to “thoroughly study the boon and bane of NLTP Act 1989.”
A press release from the DNSU media cell said that it is high time the State Government either bring some strict regulations to legalise the sale of liquor or to amend and vitalise the NLTP Act.
While lauding the Assam Rifles for busting a liquor bottling plant at 7th mile on September 2 and seizing huge quantities of liquor from 5th mile on September 29, the DNSU said that these incidents have “exposed the incompetency and lax of the Excise Department, also the nodal enforcement department of the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989.”
“It points towards the negligence on the part of the department in performing their duties by allowing such activities to continue unnoticed. Even with the NLTP Act in full enforcement, it has failed to be implemented in essence,” the union stated.
Meanwhile, pointing out that “the main accused” in the September 2 case “is still absconding,” the DNSU asked the concerned authority to take note. It further stated that the arrested persons should be booked and penalized.
The DNSU further stated that many illegal liquor outlets are fearlessly present in every nook and corner day and night in the city. It added that those involved in this illegal trade show no sign of fright towards the “toothless law which seldom bites.”
The union said that change is inevitable and “one must compromise for the greater good of the society and the future or else impotent laws will only invite more evil than good, more death than lives, more criminals than law abiding citizens.”
It expressed concern at how, without any regulations, the illegal flow and sale of liquor is affecting the people including the younger generation and the students’ community even before attaining the age of majority. “Despite prohibition, the impact of liquor on our people is such that it has left many families broken, lives shortened, domestic violence increased, calibre of the youths damaged and also left many of our mothers confined in tears and dejection,” the DNSU stated.
It meanwhile cautioned all illegal liquor sellers in the city that it will not remain silent or compromise with the illegal activities being carried out, and also urged the concerned authority to work with more diligence and seriousness.
