Restaurants, hotels and clubs will soon start serving liquor on the directions given by Delhi government’s excise department. The direction comes a day after the DDMA allowed hotels to resume operations, though bars continue to stay closed. Several states had permitted serving of liquor by licence holders under excise rules at tables in restaurants and clubs and in hotel rooms. A Delhi govt official said that the excise dept would have to prepare a proposal and DDMA would have to approve it. However, another official said that the permission was within the ambit of unlock guidelines and Delhi govt could take a decision on it.