Chhattisgarh Government To Home Deliver Liquor To Ensure Social Distancing In Some Areas

In a first of its kind move, as liquor stores reopen in Chhattisgarh today (4 May), the state government's Excise Department has said that it is ready to home deliver the commodity at some of the places, reports Hindustan Times.

The state has allowed the liquor stores to stay open from 8am to 7pm starting today and emphasised that in order to maintain social distancing, it would provide home delivery facilities in some big colonies and settlements.

The order issued by the State Excise Department detailed that the delivery boys to carry out the purpose would be hired by a placement agency and the rate of delivered liquor would be determined after calculating the cost of hiring the manpower agency.

Meanwhile, the State's Excise Minister Kawasi Lakhma has also underscored that modalities to implement the decision were still being worked out.

It should be noted that the state government has decreed that a person will not be permitted to purchase more than five litres of liquor at a time from any store.