Heavy rush observed at liquor shops at Sector 35, 44 and 46 in Chandigarh. A number of youngsters are also spotted in the city drinking alcohol in the parking lots. There was a lot of confusion in the city due to banning of liquor shops in Chandigarh according to Supreme Court order.

In Manimajra the liquor vends are displaying the list of various brands with lowered prices. Some of the Liquor vends in Panchkula complain to Haryana Excise Department as the prices have been lowered by 50% in Chandigarh which is affecting their sales in a way.

Some vendors in Panchkula have also lowered the prices for their sales as the lowering of the prices in Chandigarh is badly affecting their business. Navratta’s are on the go and people are desperately waiting for the festival to get over and grab the bottles and enjoy their evenings with smooth music and booze. Liquor prices down in Chandigarh is definitely a treat for the youngsters who crave to drink.

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Now all the shops at State Highways shall remain as there is a change in the nomenclature to District Highways. There shall be no liquor ban in Chandigarh the only change that shall occur after the court orders are minimal change in a number of Liquors shops.

In 2005 UT Administration notified the main road connecting the two states to be called as State Highways which included V1 V2 V3 roads. Now, these roads are being denotified as State Highways and changing to District Highways.All the Liquor Shops in Chandigarh will stay except the shops at or 500m from National Highways and Madhya Marg.

Closure of Liquor Shops in Chandigarh

Madhya Marg

• 11 Liquor shops at State Highway Panchkula border to Mullanpur
• Sector 26 Transport Area-1, Sector 26 Market-1, Sector8-1, Sector9-1, Sector 17-1, Khuda Lahora-1, Manimajra-1, Sarangpur-1

National Highways

• 12 Liquor shops at Zirakpur road till Sector 39
• Raipur Khurd-1
• Sector20-1, Sector21-1, Sector35-1, Sector44-1, Sector41-1
• Kajehri-1, Bhadheri-2

Increase in Liquor Price

The Excise Department is preparing the Excise Policy to generate the revenue that was produced earlier. In order to have the same revenue as before the prices of the Liquor is meant to increase. The Excise Duty will increase and the prices of the Liquor shall increase by 50 or 100 rupees.

Harman Sidhu who had filed the case against these Liquor shops in Chandigarh expresses that it’s an ashame for Supreme Court. He is disappointed with the trick of UT Administrator and shall write about it to Prime Minister later.

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The committee has recommended changing the nomenclature of state highways as district highways. The Supreme Court had passed the order in December 2016 stating that liquor vends falling within 500 metres from state highways will be closed from April 1 and even the Bar license shall also not be renewed on these roads.

This order of the Supreme Court has left the Department of Taxation and Excise in a fix as the Administration had already notified a majority of roads as state highways. The Administration issued a notification stating that V1 (fast roads connecting Chandigarh to other towns), V2 (arterial roads) and V3 (fast vehicular sector dividing roads) state highways.

The Administration is trying its best to denotify this notification and have formed a committee as well under Chairmanship of the chief Engineer.In a meeting held yesterday, members reviewed that is was not correct to notify city roads as state highways. They said that the road except the National Highway 21 should be declared district highways as the city is not a state.

Sources explained that the final decision for the Liquor shops in Chandigarh shall be taken at a higher level. The Chandigarh Administration may seep into losses if it fails to denotify the state highway by April 1. Chandigarh shall approximately 250 crores annually if it fails in any chance.

Chandigarhians hope to so a beam of light for saving these Liquor shops in Chandigarh and bars at the State highways.

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