At the weekend, killed in the great state of South Asia at least 58 other people to the consequences of the moonshine drink, such as the police of the North reported in the Eastern state of Assam on Sunday.
the number of dead in India rose within days to over 155. At least 200 people were treated in hospitals. The victims all worked on the tea plantations in the Region, many of them are women.
The first workers were ill, according to police sources, on Thursday evening, after they had been drinking adulterated liquor. Since then, new victims are added daily. Affected are the districts of Golaghat and Jorhat. to be able to
To all of the victims take care of, have been sent to additional Doctors, nurses and medicines in the hospitals. According to Doctors, the patients suffer from strong Nausea, chest pain, and shortness of breath.
15’000 liters of brandy
destroyed in the Meantime, however, there was also a kind of psychosis among the workers, said Assam’s health officer Samir Sinha. “Many residents are concerned and report to the hospitals, even if it’s been four or five days back, that have drunk the liquor.”
In the poor rural areas of India is sold a lot of moonshine liquor, because it is cheap. Often the booze is mixed with highly toxic Methanol to increase the alcohol content. Large amounts of it can lead to blindness, liver damage and death.
In the current case, the police is still waiting for test results from the laboratory, as Vice-chief of police, Agarwala said. According to the police, but were already taken 14 people to stand with the manufacture and distribution of liquor.
in Addition, were destroyed by the 15’000 liters of liquor during a RAID. The authorities furloughed in addition, two officials, because they had taken no precautions against the sale of alcohol. Assam government chief Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered an investigation.
health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited some of the victims in the hospital in Jorhat and announced, “to spare the perpetrators of that tragedy.” The survivors every death victim should receive 200’000 rupees (about 2800 Swiss francs).
every Year, hundreds of Deaths by “Moonshine”
die Every year in India hundreds of people to so-called Moonshine (moon light), such as the black-burned schnapps is also called. Less than two weeks ago in the North Indian States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand had died more than a hundred people to adulterated alcohol.
40 percent of the estimated five billion litres of alcohol annually consumed in India are according to the Indian spirits and wine Association from illegal production. Attempts of several States to ban alcohol would have exacerbated the situation even further, say critics. (fal/sda)
Created: 24.02.2019, 17:01 Uhr
