CG to re-introduce online sale & home delivery of liquor

Raipur: Chhattisgarh is re-introducing online sale and home delivery of liquor keeping the comfort of the public keeping in mind the spike in Covid cases. Excise minister Kawasi Lakhma has issued instructions to department officials to start an online sale facility not only in the capital city but also in other districts. Such a decision has been taken to reduce the crowd in the liquor shops, although offline shops would still remain open.
Besides, instructions have already been issued to regularly sanitize the areas around liquor shops and barricade all foreign and country liquor shops.The local excise department officials would be responsible to ensure that the social distancing norms are being strictly followed. After the first lockdown, Chhattisgarh had launched the facility of online sale and home delivery of liquor and allowed the maximum retail sale of liquor up to five litres per person .