Javed Akhtar Strongly Disapproves opening of Liquor shops: It will be more dangerous for women and children!

The Central government has decided to further extend the lockdown till May 17 to combat the spread of Coronavirus. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released a new set of guidelines that allows liquor shops to resume operations with certain restrictions. The liquor and tobacco shops will be allowed to operate in Green and Orange zones.

The shops located outside hotspots or containment areas in the Red zones have also been granted permission.

Now, Javed Akhtar has condemned the opening of liquor shops during the lockdown and said that it will bring ‘disastrous results’. 

The Tweet comes after there has been a dramatic rise in the number of domestic violence cases amid the COVID-19 lockdown. 

“Opening liquor shops during the lock down will only bring disastrous results . In any case according to all the surveys  nowadays domestic Violence has increased to a large extent .liquor will make these days even more dangerous of for women and children,” Akhtar tweeted.