Major liquor crisis being witnessed in Delhi; situation likely to escalate from next month

The crisis will only worsen in the coming weeks as demand will only shoot up in the months of October and November ahead of the festive season.

With new retail licences coming into force from mid-November, liquor shortage is being witnessed in the national capital. Under the new excise policy of the city government, retail liquor sale licences have already been allocated to the highest bidders in 32 zones, each having around 10 wards and 27 liquor vendors.

Delhi is witnessing a major shortage of liquor as all the private retail vendors have stopped restocking their supplies since they have to shut their respective shops from October 1 to ensure an easy going transition to the new excise regime, which starts from November 17.