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Narsapur village celebrates one year of total prohibition

S. Harpal Singh

Collector promises accelerated development in the region

NARSAPUR (ADILABAD DT.): Development in the village seems to have `sobered' up eventually as Narsapur village in Ichoda mandal completes one year of self-imposed prohibition in January.

The perseverance and determination of the villagers has enthused the district administration to accelerate development. Collector R. Subba Rao offered to complete the unfinished works on the local irrigation tank as a mark of recognition of the collective effort put in by the villagers to impose prohibition among the nearly 2,000 inhabitants. At a meeting organised at Narsapur on Wednesday, Ichoda Mandal Revenue Officer G. Shiva Kumar was presented with some other demands by the villagers.

Spandana, an Adilabad-based voluntary organisation took it upon itself to fund the travel expenses of a very poor villager who needs to frequently go to Hyderabad for getting an eye ailment treated. Narsapur has a history of staying in limelight. In 1997, the gutsy villagers fought with the intruding naxalites managing to snatch guns from the outlaws. This incident served to bolster the people in other villages to take on naxalites.

When a consensus based prohibition was announced in February last year, Narsapur became the only village in Boath Assembly constituency to have taken such a decision.

"This village was notorious because of its 20 IPS (Ippa puvvu sara) bhattis here and two belt shops last year around this time. There was not a single youth in the village who could claim to be a teetotaler. Before the problem cut the roots of our development, our elders sat and decided to do away with the liquor vends," recalls K. Vithal Rao, a former sarpanch of the village.

"The youth were also made to stick to a regimen of spirituality. Now, they attend the temple every day. Our village has been on the path of spirituality since long time," added Musle Angad Rao.

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