Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed Excise officials to set up temporary check posts along the state’s boundary with Arunachal Pradesh to check the illegal influx of liquor from the neighboring state.
Presiding over a review meeting of the excise department on Tuesday evening, Sarma asked senior officials to fill up vacancies in grade-3 and grade-4 departments so that the department functions with full capacity and efficiency.
The Assam Assembly’s Divisional Standing Committee on Development (A) Departments, in its report for the Excise Department for 2021-22, also said that many sets of rules are being violated and asked the authorities to strictly enforce them.
The Committee observes that adequate action has not been taken by the department concerned in respect of arrival of liquor in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh.”Therefore, the Committee strongly recommends that the Excise Department take necessary steps to prevent the flow of liquor from Arunachal Pradesh by setting up ‘check points’ and increasing surveillance and enforcement activities in the border districts of Arunachal Pradesh,” the report said.
