Queue for liquor as Delhi eases some coronavirus curbs

Monday, 4 May 2020Newsdesk

In New Delhi hundreds of people queued outside liquor stores on Monday as the Indian capital began easing some curbs after a 40-day lockdown against the coronavirus, while some offices resumed work with fewer staff and traffic trickled into the streets.

New Delhi, 04 May 2020

By about 9.30 a.m., a line of more than 500 people had formed outside a liquor store in the capital’s eastern area of Kalyan Puri, before the shop was closed and police baton-charged the crowd to disperse it, a Reuters witness said.

As per news report of Reuters, police were asking some outlets to close in line with an order from excise authorities, said Ajay Kumar, a Delhi government official in charge of liquor stores.

Source -Reuters