
you r rite, the consumption of liquior in Uttaranchal is very high, There are few reason for that which i think are correct.
1) its hilly area so its cool place, to warm up they drink
2) i saw that retired army persons drink daily at dinner time. so they drink with other
3) you can find kachi daru every where
4) most of the uttaranchali are from army background
5) its almost daily a goat is cut down for meat, so with meat drink is required
6) avaliability of liquier very easy