Red-faced Administrators Bar Condoms from “Condom Bar”

The one and only Condom Bar which dispensed free condoms as well as paid ones has been barred from even showing condoms and been converted into a bar with a village theme by red-faced administrators,

The bar was the brainchild of the now retired, senior Punjab-cadre IAS officer Jasbir Singh Bir, who was then managing director of Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), a semi-government corporation, and inaugurated by Pooja Thakur, an AIDs patient.

Within 4 months the Condom Bar reached peak sales and liquor sales rose with the combination of free condoms, making it a successful venture despite initial trepidation. Men coming to the bar started picking the free condoms, and even the paid ones. Though not in large numbers, female condoms were also being taken away from the bar by women.

When it was launched, the theme was decorated with real condoms in different colors and varieties all over the place, even on the furniture and the liquor bottles. Now, the condoms at the bar have been removed along with all paraphernalia associated with the condom theme.

An upset Bir told IANS: "I feel sad that the unique condom concept has been taken off. This is a regressive step. When the condom bar opened, we had enquiries from all over the world as other countries and local authorities wanted to replicate the concept in their cities. The concept was appreciated by the union health ministry, UN organizations and international media."

Sources in CITCO, however, revealed that the management and the Chandigarh administration officials were "too ashamed" of the condom theme and hence got it removed.

Source-Medindia
TRI