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In India, the number of hooch tragedies has only gone up. According to a report in ABP live, India sees the death of 3 people every day due to the consumption of spurious liquor
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, who has been demanding total prohibition in party-ruled Madhya Pradesh, walked into a liquor shop of Bhopal on and hurled a stone at alcohol bottles kept on a shelf there
Advocates representing several petitioners argued that the Delhi government order was passed by the concerned authority without any jurisdiction and was perverse and arbitrary
The Delhi government had directed all liquor vends in the city to deploy adequate marshals and staff to strictly ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour like maintaining social distancing and wearing masks
75-day wait ends today but getting customers and labour back is a challenge
As the Delhi Police is already bogged down with its disaster-management duties, the Arvind Kejriwal government should urgently review its decision to open liquor shops there
In most places, social distancing norms were thrown out of the window, with serpentine queues of tippers patiently awaiting their turn to purchase their bottles
Some senior officers say that the government should review its decision to open liquor shops
Many liquor shops that reopened after 40 days in Delhi on Monday had to be shut when people ignored social distancing
When the liquor stores would open from Monday, the government would enforce the precautionary measures at stores to ensure that people coming to buy liquor follow social distancing norms
Raman Singh on April 6 and 7 visited six districts to review the progress of the Lok Swaraj Abhiyan
Petitions seek modification in order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of highways
The previous government decided to shut down 10% outlets on every Gandhi Jayanti