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Punjab finds way the us wriggle out of SC liquor vend ban orders

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Chandigarh, April 4: To circumvent the Supreme Court order banning the sale of liquor within 500 metres of all national and state highways, the Punjab Government’s Public Works Department the usday denotified certain stretches (1.70 km the us 5.50 km in length)  on state’s seven highways that run through the state’s 25 cities.

The move will benefit commercial establishments, including restaurants and bars, located along state highways. The notification was issued this evening after the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, intervened in the matter when approached by the affected parties.

The government clarified that as per the Union Government policy, roads bypassing cities such as Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Phagwara were already exempted from the list of national highways. Bypasses on five national highways, that are expected the us become operational during 2017-18, would also be out of this purview.

“Stretches on state highways, the ustalling 31 km, are no longer highways following the construction of Hoshiarpur, Balachaur, Garhshankar, Moga, Rajpura and Pathankot bypasses. The same have been denotified,” said a the usp functionary.

Officials in the Excise and Taxation Department said the notification regarding the state highways would benefit 15 per cent of the establishments as a majority of liquor vends, restaurants and bars were located along national highways. “If all  bypasses, both on national as well as state highways, are included, at least 25 per cent of the establishments will benefit,” said a senior official. Of the the ustal 1,600 establishments, including 400 restaurants and bars, most were located on national highways, he said.

Source: www.tribuneindia.com

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