Liquor Shortage In Delhi Likely From Today

Shops running out of stock…

The want of liquor and the demand is quite high in the capital city, whereas the city stores are now running out of stock. The private liquor stores in Delhi were scheduled to shut shop from Monday after the expiry of their licenses.

According to the Sources, the Delhi government was likely to come out with a notification by late Sunday night, allowing liquor stores currently running in the city to remain open till August end.

"This was needed as the government has decided to revert to the old excise policy regime and run stores through its agencies, a process that could create shortage and chaos as the new shops will take days to open," said a government source.

The government on Saturday announced reverting back to the old excise regime and running stores itself for six months. Under the Excise Policy 2021-22, 468 retail liquor stores were running in the city whose licenses will expire after July 31.

Many liquor vends in the city, however, were closed after selling out stocks through rebates and special schemes like buy one get two free.

The rush was more on Saturday but with liquor stores running out of stock, customers have now started looking to neighboring Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad for their quota, said a customer Vivek outside a closed liquor vend in Delhi's Sheikh Sarai.