Boozing Increases Rapidly in Post-war Jaffna with 15,000 Litres of Arrack,Beer and Toddy Being C...
More than 15,000 litres of alcohol are consumed daily in the former war-torn district of Jaffna – a dramatic increase in liquor consumption patterns, statistics from the Excise Department reveal. Figures show some 6 million litres of arrack and beer and 5m litres of toddy were consumed last year in Jaffna district, which has a ...