In 2016, liquor ban implemented in the state of Bihar. It’s time to review life and share women’s experience after that implementation. On 27th February, some women from Nalanda and Patna districts will be sharing their experiences with Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar at a function which is scheduled in Bihar. The event is a part of the ongoing Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan Yatra of CM Nitish Kumar.
The Supreme Court faced with a deluge of bail petitions arising out of Bihar government’s 2016 liquor prohibition law and asked the state government whether it conducted any study before framing the law and created a judicial infrastructure adequate to meet the torrent of litigation that was bound to follow.
The top court underlined that almost every bench in the Supreme Court is dealing with petitions arising out of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act — making it imperative to know whether the Bihar government carried out a legislative impact study and upgraded the judicial infrastructure to meet the new requirement.
Altogether 2,500 rural women from the Bihar Rural Livelihood Project (BRLP) JEEVIKA of the rural development department have been invited to be a part of the event planned at Bapu Sabhagar in the city. Nearly half a dozen women will have the opportunity to share their experiences and life after the liquor ban implementation. They will also share their experiences related to dowry and child marriages and the impact of the government initiatives against these evil social practices on the event.
The story of changes in the lives of these rural women and the success stories related to their fight against alcoholism, dowry and child marriages will also be told through multiple pictures and photographs which will be put on display at the venue. Songs and compositions based on these issues will also be played on the occasion that day. Films are made based on the experiences of the women from Jeevika about liquor ban, dowry and child marriages which will also be screened on that occasion.
The District Magistrate (DM) of Patna Chandrashekhar Singh said, “Altogether 2,500 Jeevika women from Nalanda and Patna will be here on the occasion. The gathering is huge. So every precaution is being taken to maintain social distancing among the invited people. A seating plan has been made for this purpose.”
