One of the hooch-making units busted by the Forest Department

In the four years since mid-day's expose about a sprawling and relatively unchecked illicit liquor brewing racket in the dense, green environs of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), authorities have done precious little to curb the activity. The reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by this paper has revealed that between 2007 and 2017, the Forest Department (FD) authorities have taken action against 204 brewing units in the core forest area, but only five people have been arrested so far.