Currently in Assam, Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti and the first and last days of every month - except December 31 - are dry days. "Instead of dry days on the first and last days of every month, the government can declare dry days on important festivals to maintain public order," Dutta said. "Everyone knows that liquor is available on dry days if one is willing to pay extra. People stock up for dry days in advance. "We want the state government to reduce dry days in line with Bengal, which recently reduced dry days from 12 to 4.5 days."

Source: The Telegraph October 23, 2016 22:07 UTC