10 days after Yogi’s prodding, 22 Mathura wards declared ‘holy’, to ban meat, liquor indianexpress.com

The Yogi Adityanath government issued a notification Friday declaring 22 wards under the jurisdiction of the Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal Corporation a “Pavitra Teertha Sthal (pious place of pilgrimage)”. The sale of alcohol and non-vegetarian food will now be banned in these areas.