Hyderabad, June 22 (PTI) Telangana Minister for Excise V Srinivas Goud on Wednesday said officials need to work with an objective of making the state free of illicit liquor and cannabis as per the directions of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

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There should be a strict vigilance on the sale of Non-Duty Paid Liquor, manufacture of illicit liquor, peddling of marijuana and gudumba (illicit liquor) and the perpetrators should be punished as per law, he said.

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The minister directed the officials to register PD act and bindover cases against the culprits.

Goud also conducted a review on the performance of tourism projects and directed the officers to expedite works of the “Kaloji Kala Kshetram” in Hanamkonda.

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