dehradun after holding demonstrations and sitting on dharna women groups in uttarakhand opposing liquor vends have turned aggressive and in some cases resorted to arson breaking open liquor vend doors and destroying stocks on thursday a group of women reached a liquor shop in gopeshwar chamoli and broke the lock of the shop they then proceeded to destroy over 50 cartons of liquor stored in the shop the womens group then proceeded towards a liquor vend near the badrinath highway where they destroyed the liquor stock in the shop priti priyadarshini superintendent of police chamoli said that police personnel tried to intervene and stop the women the number of women protesters was very large therefore we had difficulty in controlling them she said in chamba tehri garhwal women destroyed liquor bottles in protest against opening of a liquor shop near a college in the town in dehradun too women staged a rally from pathari bagh to lalpul on friday and protested against opening of liquor vends in kumaon protests were held in state excise minister prakesh pants village chodiyar in pithoragarh the district administration had decided to shift a liquor shop from the main bazaar but women come out in large numbers to protest and staged a dharna demanding that no shops be opened reports came of similar agitations in didihat thal and berinag in bageswar district women held protests and also submitted a memorandum to the sdm to close liquor shops liquor has destroyed our peace of mind and our husbands health we will not allow it to play havoc with our lives any more said usha devi one of the protesters