A letter to the editor on the harmful effects of alcohol
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15-A, Green Avenue
Ludhiana
The Editor
The Hindu
Chandigarh
February 17, 2017
Subject: The Evil of Drinking
Sir:
I write this letter to express my deep concern over the problem of alarming rising of alcohol consumption in India and the dire consequences in its wake. I was shocked to read the statistics pertaining to drinking alcohol in our country. According to 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data 15 people die every day – or one every 96 minutes – from the effects of drinking alcohol. According to another report by WHO On the ‘Years of Life Lost’ scale, which is based on alcohol-attributable years of life lost, India has been rated 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. This implies that the alcohol consuming population of our country loses most years of their life because of drinking and its consequences.
If alcohol is causing so much damage to our country’s Human Resource, what is our Government doing to curb it? Can any country whose human resource is afflicted by health problems progress optimally? Not at all! The research has confirmed alcohol consumption causes tuberculosis, epilepsy, hemorrhagic stroke and hypertensive heart diseases.
Keeping in view the adverse effects of alcohol consumption, I appeal to the Government at State as well as the Central level to make policies to curb and control, and discourage alcohol consumption in our country. I hope my views will find due space in the columns of your esteemed daily.
Thanking you.
Yours truly,
Swathi
Ludhiana
The Editor
The Hindu
Chandigarh
February 17, 2017
Subject: The Evil of Drinking
Sir:
I write this letter to express my deep concern over the problem of alarming rising of alcohol consumption in India and the dire consequences in its wake. I was shocked to read the statistics pertaining to drinking alcohol in our country. According to 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data 15 people die every day – or one every 96 minutes – from the effects of drinking alcohol. According to another report by WHO On the ‘Years of Life Lost’ scale, which is based on alcohol-attributable years of life lost, India has been rated 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. This implies that the alcohol consuming population of our country loses most years of their life because of drinking and its consequences.
If alcohol is causing so much damage to our country’s Human Resource, what is our Government doing to curb it? Can any country whose human resource is afflicted by health problems progress optimally? Not at all! The research has confirmed alcohol consumption causes tuberculosis, epilepsy, hemorrhagic stroke and hypertensive heart diseases.
Keeping in view the adverse effects of alcohol consumption, I appeal to the Government at State as well as the Central level to make policies to curb and control, and discourage alcohol consumption in our country. I hope my views will find due space in the columns of your esteemed daily.
Thanking you.
Yours truly,
Swathi
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