kolhapur the women from textile town of ichalkaranjis bawane galli won the battle against a country liquor shop on thursday after the district administration directed the excise department to shut it permanentlythe protest for shutting down the shop began in may when around 70 women took to the streets the protest lasted for 58 days the matter was then taken to bombay high court which then asked the district administration to take necessary action within six weeks before october 8 2106menakshi mali 60 who led the battle from the front said she is happy with the decision the liquor operator managed to renew his licence using his political clout the women also shot down the idea of taking a vote on whether the shop should remain open as their earlier experience was bad said dhairyasheel sutar lawyer in the bombay high court who led the legal battle on behalf the womentrupti desai women rights activist too had visited ichalkaranji to support the women the liquor shop at bawane galli was opened 40 years agomenakshi while talking to toi over telephone said earlier there were few homes surrounding the shop but as the numbers grew women started feeling uneasy to come out of their houses the drunkards used to harass girls vomit and litter around our houses nobody dared to confront them to avoid unnecessary troubleshe is now getting calls from women across the town to fight for closing the liquor shops it is the fight of every woman we didnt expect men to join our fight added menakshi