Which of the following movements was fought against alcoholism in Andhra Pradesh?

Anti-Arrack Movement

The correct answer is option (2) - Anti-Arrack Movement

Anti-Arrack Movement was fought against alcoholism in Andhra Pradesh.

Anti Arrack movement-  It was a spontaneous mobilisation of women demanding a ban on the sale of alcohol in their neighbourhoods. Stories of this kind appeared in the Telugu press almost daily during the two months of September and October 1992. Women took out a procession in Hyderabad in 1992, protesting against the selling of arrack. It was in a village in the interior of Dubagunta in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, women had started the Anti-Arrack movement. The slogan of the anti-arrack movement was simple — prohibition on the sale of arrack. But this simple demand touched upon larger social, economic and political issues of the region that affected women’s life. A close nexus between crime and politics was established around the business of arrack. The State government collected huge revenues by way of taxes imposed on the sale of arrack and was therefore not willing to impose a ban. Groups of local women tried to address these complex issues in their agitation against arrack. They also openly discussed the issue of domestic violence. Their movement, for the first time, provided a platform to discuss private issues of domestic violence. Thus, the anti-arrack movement also became part of the women’s movement.