New Delhi: The Liquor Welfare Association in Uttar Pradesh has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and sought the opening of the liquor shops during the COVID-19-induced partial lockdown in the state.
The General Secretary of the Association, Kanhaiyalal Maurya, said that they’re incurring a each day loss of over Rs 100 crore due to the closure of liquor shops in the state.
He wrote that the shops have been shut because the UP Panchayat elections.
Maurya additionally mentioned that there isn’t any point out of the closure of liquor shops in the federal government’s order and that the license holders have additionally not acquired any order from the Excise Department.
“This has created confusion among liquor license holders,” Maurya wrote in a letter to UP CM.
He additionally informed Yogi Adityanath that the store house owners are involved concerning the fastened month-to-month quota and license charges.
The Liquor Welfare Association in Uttar Pradesh has additionally despatched a letter to the state’s Excise Secretary and the Commissioner of Excise.
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Earlier on May 4, the liquor costs in Uttar Pradesh have been elevated after the state authorities determined to impose a ‘corona cess’.
As per IANS, the costs of liquor have been elevated by Rs 10-40 per bottle.
“The cess of Rs 10 has been imposed on regular-premium category liquor, Rs 20 on the super premiere, Rs 30 on scotch and Rs 40 on liquor imported from abroad,” the information company reported.
The Yogi Adityanath-led authorities has prolonged the partial ‘corona curfew’ in the state until May 17 morning.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the states which has been severely affected by the second wave of coronavirus in India. The state recorded 23,333 recent COVID-19 instances on Sunday that pushed its whole tally to 15,03,490 whereas 296 extra fatalities took the loss of life toll to 15,464.
(With inputs from companies)
