Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Le Corbusier must be turning in his grave

Le Corbusier must be turning in his grave.
His dream city becomes liquor capital.
For years, Chandigarh was the capital of two states. Perhaps the only city to have this distinction, is now becoming the liquor capital.
The Chandigarh administration, perhaps from pressure under the liquor lobby is opening liquor vends all over.
The city of a mere 50 odd sectors in now going to have 250 liquor vends.
So every sector, which measures a mere one mile by one mile is going to have five liquor vends each. A surfeit of liquor booths means liquor would become cheaper, and the city would fast get converted from city beautiful to a city of alcoholics.
And what does the administration gain out of it?
it gets more revenue from liquor cartel, and more taxes.
Let the citizens be doomed.

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