Delhi liquor shops to remain open on Holi, Eid as AAP slashes number of dry days

 The Delhi government on Monday decreased the quantity of dry days to only three from the current 21. Under the new extract strategy, alcohol shops and opium distributes in the public capital will presently stay shut distinctly on three public occasions – – Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15) and Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.

The extract division, in any case, said the limitation marked down of alcohol on dry days won’t make a difference to the help of liquor to inhabitants if there should arise an occurrence of inns having L-15 permit. L-15 permit permits inns to serve alcohol to visitors in their rooms.

“In compatibility of the arrangements of Rule 52 of Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, it is thusly requested that the accompanying dates will be seen as “Dry Day” in the National Capital Territory of Delhi by every one of the licensees of the Excise division and opium distributes situated in Delhi for the year 2022,” the office’s structure expressed, posting the three public occasions as the days when the offer of liquor won’t be allowed.

Prior, the dry days numbered 21 remembering for birth commemoration of incredible pioneers and strict celebrations. The business premises of a licensee will be kept shut on dry day.

In 2021, the dry days had been seen on Holi, Diwali, Janmashtami, Muharram, Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid), Good Friday, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Maharishi Valmiki’ s Birthday, Guru Nanak’s Birthday, Dussehra and different events.

The request gave on Monday said that separated from the three dry days, the public authority might proclaim some other day in the year as ‘Dry Day’ occasionally.

The licensees won’t be qualified for any pay because of any progressions connected with number of ‘dry days’. Every one of the licensees will show the ‘dry day’ request at a few prominent spot of their authorized premises, it said.