Adilabad: Gudumba is brewing in the rural areas though the officials declared the district as gudumba-free two months ago. Police are conducting raids and seized material used in the manufacture of gudumba.
The incidents of gudumba brewing are being reported more from the eastern part of the district along the river Pranahitha.
The train route is one of the reasons for gudumba brewing and its sales in the eastern part of the district. Gudumba brewing incidents have been reported from Bellam-palli and Kasipet, Kagaznagar areas recently. It is found that the gudumba brewed in eastern part of the district is being smuggled to Maharashtra crossing the river Pranahitha and also bootleggers travelling in passenger trains.
Arun Kumar, resident of coal belt area, said the brewing of the gudumba has reduced drastically with the state government’s efforts but it has not died down. About 80 per cent control is evident.
Excise department is under the impression that it successfully controlled the brewing gudumba while police department carried out raids on gudumba brewing centres in the district.
It seems that there is lack of coordinated efforts to crackdown the gudumba brewing by the police and excise departments.
According to official data, there is steep hike in the ID liquor cases last year when compared to 2014 in the district.
As many as 629 ID cases were booked against 292 while 704 excise cases were booked in 2015 against 268 in 2014 in the district.
