Abhijit Ray,Kolkata: This time the state government is going to bring a law to ban hookah bars in front of educational institutions. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Mayor Firhad Hakim, who is also the state’s urban and urban development minister, said, “There is a need to make a specific law. Just as there are laws on tobacco products, the state government will also bring specific laws on hookah. If it is not brought, in the coming days, the hookah bar will grow at the intersection of the neighborhood. “The hookah bar should be closed for the well-being of the new generation. The mayor said before. Firhad Hakim on Friday clarified that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is firm on the decision to close the hookah bar in the city.Earlier, a case was filed in a single bench of the High Court seeking to close the hookah bar. Later, the municipal corporation went to the division bench of the Chief Justice regarding the case. During the hearing, Justice Rajashekhar Mantha said that since there is no law in the state in this regard, hookah bars can run in metropolitan and suburban areas. Even after this, if the hookah bar has to be closed, then the state or municipality will have to stop it by enacting a new law. After this, Mayor Firhad Hakim said that the state government will soon bring a law on hookah bars.Hookah bars have sprung up in the city like a bang umbrella. As the evening descended, crowds began to gather at those bars. It is alleged that due to the absence of a specific law in this regard, minors also crowd such bars. Doctors say that the damage to hookah is more than other tobacco products. Doctor of National Medical College. Utsav Das said that not only lung disease but also facial cancer can be caused by hookah.According to the doctor, harmful substances are mixed in the chemical that is burnt to create smoke. Hookah smoke is carbon monoxide. Hookah smokes five times more than cigarettes. The damage is too much. Doctors welcomed the decision of the Urban Development Minister.
