Residents In Suduwella -Chilaw Area Have Launched A Protest Campaign Against A Government Approved Liquor Bar

Residents in Suduwella area at chilaw(North Western Province) have launched a massive protest campaign today (21) by demanding the authorities to remove a newly established Liquor Bar selling Toddy (A locally  made liquor Raa) from the area.

Government has issued the license for the Bar owner to open the Bar in the area although the residents opposing it since the beginning the protesters have stated.

The divisional secretary and the excise department too approved the license of the toddy bar without considering the public views residents have stressed.

If the authorities do not take steps to closed the Bar with immediate effect the protesting  residents of the area have pledged to widen the protest campaign  against the Bar.