Led By Women Power: A Village Campaigns and Votes For a Liquor Ban

Fed up of alcoholism, women of Kacchabalee a small village in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district led a campaign to shut down the liquor shops in their gram panchayat, prevailing upon the administration to hold a referendum on the issue. The voting which was conducted by the district administration, asked voters to say YES or NO to the liquor shop of the 2039 people who cast their vote, an overwhelmingly 1937, that's 94 % said they wanted the liquor shop shut making this small village in Rajasthan the first liquor free village in the state.