Delhi: Private liquor shops to be shut for over a month starting Friday

Do you complain about too many dry days in Delhi? Well, gear up for an almost dry month.

Tipplers in the Capital may face problems in getting their favourite brands in the next one-and-half months as around 40 per cent of liquor vends in the national capital that are run privately will shut down from October 1.

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Under the new excise policy of the Delhi government, all the 850 liquor vends, including the 260-odd outlets that run privately, have been given to private firms through open tender. The new licence holders will start retail sale of liquor in the city from November 17.

In the transition period of nearly one-and-half months, only government-run liquor vends will remain open. The government vends will close down on November 16.

The excise department has said that the government vends have been asked to stock up in view of an expected surge in demand.