This story is from January 20, 2022

Four Gujarat villages will no more be dry: To be handed over to Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Diu

It is no secret that people of dry Gujarat routinely frequent watering holes in Union territories (UT) adjoining the state.
Four Gujarat villages will no more be dry: To be handed over to Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Diu
The move is expected to open up liquor and leisure tourism in these villages
GANDHINAGAR: It is no secret that people of dry Gujarat routinely frequent watering holes in Union territories (UT) adjoining the state. Their sojourn is set to only become friendlier as four state villages adjoining the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli on the southern tip of Gujarat and a part of land in close proximity to the UT of Diu on the Saurashtra coastline are set to be included within limits of Union territories.

One of the big implications would be that liquor will be freely available in these areas which were located in dry Gujarat until now. The move is expected to give a fillip to liquor and leisure tourism even as Gujarat steadfastly guards its decision to continue with prohibition.
The four villages of Kaprada taluka of Valsad district in south Gujarat which are likely to be soon part of the neighbouring UT are Meghval, Nagar, Raymal and Madhuban. On the Saurashtra coast, a part of Goghala village, will be handed over to the UT of Diu.
The Union ministry of home affairs has decided to include the merger of four villages of Valsad into Dadra and Nagar Haveli and part of Ghoghala village in Gujarat into the UT of Diu. A formal ratification of the decision is likely at the western council standing committee meeting scheduled to be held on January 28 in Goa, top sources said.
Key officials said, “Meghval village is completely surrounded by the Union territory while three other villages fall between Madhuban dam reservoir and Dadra and Nagar Haveli area. In the monsoon most of the areas of these villages get submerged and their only access point remains through the Union territory. There was long pending demand and suggestion to merge these four Gujarat villages into the Union territory. It will boost tourist activities in the villages and employment.”
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