221 belt shops identified

Mahila Satta, the women’s wing of Lok Satta Party, has identified 221 unauthorised liquor shops in three mandals of Warangal district and written letters to Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy seeking their closure.

According to Mahila Satta convener D. Lakshmi, 71 belt shops were in Jaffergadh, 30 in Hasnaparthi and 120 in Wardhannapet mandals.

A Lok Satta press release issued here on Monday stated that a campaign to locate belt shops was taken up in response to Chief Minister’s statement in the Assembly that there were no belt shops and that the Government would shut them down if anybody passed on information.