No liquor sales will take place in 19 religious cities and gram panchayats of Madhya Pradesh starting from Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The Madhya Pradesh government has declared a complete liquor ban in these 19 cities, leading to the permanent shutdown of shops. This announcement by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was approved by the Cabinet at a meeting held in Maheshwar on 24 January, 2025.
Following this implementation, all establishments that sell alcoholic beverages, including liquor shops and bars, will be mandated to close their operations.
Areas Where Liquor Ban Is Implemented
The 19 cities where liquor shops will be permanently closed include Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Mandleshwar, Orchha, Maihar, Chitrakoot, Datia, Panna, Mandla, Multai, Mandsaur, and Amarkantak. The closure will also apply to the gram panchayat regions of Salkanpur, Kundalpur, Bandakpur, Barmankalan, Barmankhurd, and Linga.
From April 1, 2025, liquor is completely prohibited in 19 declared sacred urban and rural areas of Madhya Pradesh.
CM Yadav said that the state government has taken a historic step towards de-addiction. The religious places where the liquor ban is declared one Municipal Corporation, six Municipal Councils, six City Councils, and six Gram Panchayats.
The major holy cities where liquor ban is implemented include: Ujjain, the city of Baba Mahakal, Amarkantak-the origin of the Narmada river, Maheshwar, Orchha Ramraja temple area, Omkareshwar, Satdhara area in Mandla, Tapti origin area in Multai, Pitambara Devipeeth Datia, Jabalpur Bhedaghat area, Chitrakoot, Maihar, Salkanpur, Sanchi, Mandleshwar, Vrindavan, Khajuraho, Nalkheda, Pashupatinath temple area Mandsaur, Barman Ghat and Panna.
The step to ban liquor in these cities have been welcomed by several Saints. Mahamandleshwar Shanti Swaroopanand Ji Maharaj told ANI, “Now that the 1st step is taken and liquor is banned, it is a welcome move from CM Mohan Yadav… This should have been done long ago… The next step should be to declare Ujjain as a ‘Pavitra Teerth,’ and both liquor and meat shops should be banned.”
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