Liquor outlets at Delhi airport’s home terminals to open quickly

The sale of liquor at home terminals of the Delhi airport is more likely to resume quickly, information company PTI reported on Tuesday. The sale had been stopped on August 31 after the Delhi authorities returned to the previous excise coverage.

In November final yr, the Delhi authorities of Arvind Kejriwal had launched a brand new coverage beneath which state-run outlets had been shut and licences got to non-public gamers.

Nevertheless, following corruption allegations and subsequent probe, the Kejriwal authorities withdrew the brand new coverage and introduced that the state-run shops can be opened.

Now, the airport authorities have supplied the outlets to the Delhi Tourism and Transport Improvement Company (DTTDC) to open liquor vends, the report mentioned citing a senior officer of the federal government.

The official mentioned that the federal government has been supplied three-four outlets to open vends on the home terminals of the Indira Gandhi Worldwide (IGI) Airport. A few these outlets are appropriate for large-sized premium vends with a flooring space of greater than 1,000 sq. toes, he mentioned.

Earlier, there have been six personal liquor shops on the home terminals of the airport. Underneath the brand new coverage, ten liquor vends had been to be opened on the airport terminals.

The DTTDC, which is engaged within the retail commerce of liquor within the metropolis, had tried to hire out the outlets employed by personal gamers to run the vends that had been closed after August 31. Nevertheless, it didn’t get any response. 

Underneath the previous excise coverage, the Delhi authorities’s 4 undertakings – DTTDC, DSIIDC, DSCSC, and DCCWS – got licences by the Excise Division.