Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said it was unfortunate that chaos ensued at liquor shops in the national capital with social distancing norms at stake. Kejriwal warned of sealing areas and revoking relaxations if social distancing and other norms are not followed.
Locals stood in long queues to buy liquor in AP's Krishna District. Social distancing norms were observed at shop located on Nuzivid road.
From Delhi to Bengaluru, Kolkata to Mumbai, India woke up to long queues outside liquor shops hours ahead of their opening post relaxation in lockdown curbs starting today (May 4). #LiquorShops was the No 1 trend on Twitter as photos of people lining-up outside alcohol shops spread on the social media and news channels.
As liqour shops re-open in green and orange zones, booze lovers queue-up in front of the shops from 7 am itself in some parts of the country.
Various state governments had allowed wine and liquor shops to operate from 10 am to 6 pm starting today, as lockdown 3.0 came into effect.
Amid lockdown relaxations, police resorts to mild 'lathi-charge' to control the public as they were not following social distancing norms outside liquor shops at Kashmiri Gate.
After the government gave certain relaxations in lockdown 3.0, people were seen standing in long queues outside a liquor shop in Rajnandgaon.
Initially, the West Bengal government guideline allowed shops to stay open from 10 AM till 6 PM, but later the timing was changed from 3 PM to 6 PM.
Various state governments had allowed wine and liquor shops to operate from 10 am to 6 pm starting today, as lockdown 3.0 came into effect. With this, the government had also laid down several guidelines, which outlined the need to maintain social distancing norms while standing in the queue to purchase liquor.
The Delhi government''s nod to open state-run liquor shops from Monday saw people lining up in large numbers outside outlets, with police personnel struggling to manage the crowd.
As the nation enters lockdown 3.0 from today (May 4), here's a list of things that will be allowed in Noida (Gautam Bhuddh Nagar), Greater Noida from today.
Liquor and wine shops at several areas in Delhi were forced shut on Monday after social distancing norms were flouted by people who had lined up to buy alcohol. Various pictures and videos of people crowding areas around liquor shops.
After rationing their pegs for 47 days, people were seen lined-up outside liquor shop on Monday.
After rationing their pegs for 47 days, people were seen lined-up outside liquor shop in Bengaluru on Monday. Karnataka's Excise Minister Nagesh on Saturday announced that standalone liquor shops are allowed to open in all districts from Monday. However, in red-zone districts, outlet outside containment zones may reopen.
The Maharashtra government has decided that shops selling non-essential commodities, including standalone liquor shops, will be allowed to open from today in the COVID-19 non-containment zones across the state. This will be applicable to coronavirus "Res Zones outside containment areas.
According to the new guidelines given out by the Uttar Pradesh government, liquor shops which are not located in shopping malls can be opened from 10 am to 7 pm with social distancing norms in place to ensure that not over five persons are there at a time.
The Delhi government on confirmed that the shops selling liquor will be allowed to operate but they strictly need to follow the guidelines provided by the government.
Shops selling non-essential commodities, including liquor, will be allowed to function from Monday in the non-containment zones of Pune district of Maharashtra, an official said.
The Delhi government on Sunday confirmed that the shops selling liquor, paan, gutka, tobacco etc will be allowed to operate provided they are standalone shops, neighbourhood (colony) shops or shops in residential complexes.
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