Aizawl, May 6 : In yet another fallout of the controversial dry law, the Young Mizo Association has embarked upon an uphill mission - to clean Rangvamual and Phunchawng localities in the western outskirts of the city of illicit liquor factories and foreigners.
The central committee of YMA has set May 15 as a deadline for bootleggers and Myanmarese families to leave the localities.
The association yesterday summoned all families in the two localities to its Tuikhuahtlang office where it informed them of its plans to "clean" the area.
The central YMA leaders requested all the landlords/landladies to evict their foreigners' tenants and illicit liquor dealers, if there is any, from their buildings before the deadline.
The central YMA would make sure that its eviction order is strictly abided by the concerned people, the leaders said.
According to survey conducted Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod's social front in 2012, there are 359 families in Rangvamual of which 219 are indulged in illicit liquor. Of the 359 families, 55 are known to be foreigners and 259 families live in rented houses.
In the neighbouring Phunchawng, there are 425 families of which only 22 indulged in bootlegging. Only four families are said to be foreigners and 317 live in rented houses.
The two localities have emerged as a hub for country-made liquor, thanks to the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition imposed in the Christian-dominated state since February 1997. The moonshine factories are set up in the nearby jungles where many Myanmarese migrants are employed.
Due to the increasing demand for liquor, the liquor factories have flourished despite frequent raids by excise police and local vigilants.
--UNI
The central committee of YMA has set May 15 as a deadline for bootleggers and Myanmarese families to leave the localities.
The association yesterday summoned all families in the two localities to its Tuikhuahtlang office where it informed them of its plans to "clean" the area.
The central YMA leaders requested all the landlords/landladies to evict their foreigners' tenants and illicit liquor dealers, if there is any, from their buildings before the deadline.
The central YMA would make sure that its eviction order is strictly abided by the concerned people, the leaders said.
According to survey conducted Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod's social front in 2012, there are 359 families in Rangvamual of which 219 are indulged in illicit liquor. Of the 359 families, 55 are known to be foreigners and 259 families live in rented houses.
In the neighbouring Phunchawng, there are 425 families of which only 22 indulged in bootlegging. Only four families are said to be foreigners and 317 live in rented houses.
The two localities have emerged as a hub for country-made liquor, thanks to the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition imposed in the Christian-dominated state since February 1997. The moonshine factories are set up in the nearby jungles where many Myanmarese migrants are employed.
Due to the increasing demand for liquor, the liquor factories have flourished despite frequent raids by excise police and local vigilants.
--UNI