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Key points
- The sale of liquor was allowed since Monday in Delhi, as the government extended the blockade for two weeks with some relaxations based on the guidelines of the Center.
- The alcohol purchase token system was introduced in liquor stores in Pune
- The Delhi government has also introduced a ‘special crown rate’ on alcohol sales, which will be 70 percent of the MRP
New Delhi: The Delhi government has launched an electronic token system for liquor sales in the national capital. This decision has been made in view of the overcrowding in the liquor stores so that social distancing can be maintained. A web link has been issued for it.
To reduce overcrowding in independent liquor stores, the AAP government contemplated home delivery of spirits after Punjab, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh made the decision to provide home delivery of liquor.
Is that how it works
People who plan to buy liquor at authorized stores in Delhi should visit www.qtoken.in and visit the store within the allotted time period. Once they request with their credentials, an electronic token will be sent to their phone and after showing it they can buy liquor.
However, when it was last verified Times now, the link did not work.
Earlier today, a petition was filed with the Delhi High Court seeking instructions for the Delhi government to establish an appropriate policy to start online sales and home delivery of liquor or to introduce a token system through the which liquor can be sold in the midst of the current crisis of COVID-19.
The petition, filed by advocates Simran Kohli and Abhishek Bhagat, sought instructions for the Delhi government to take immediate and urgent action following COVID-19 to control large crowds outside of liquor stores, ensure strict compliance with social distancing, and emanate your legal duty. to ensure adequate and proper measures to combat COVID-19, PTI reported.
Home delivery of alcohol the way forward
He further stated that due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is the duty of the state to develop and adopt adequate measures to help contain the spread of the virus.
He claimed that the Delhi government has “failed miserably” in doing its duty, as it has decided to open a liquor store that has led people to go to liquor stores and behave irresponsibly, adding that this will be a great detriment to the government’s efforts to contain the virus.
Meanwhile, according to a survey, as many as 52 percent of citizens want states to implement a solution for home delivery of spirits in red zones to prevent the spread of COVID-19 due to crowds at liquor stores.
Chaos outside liquor stores in Delhi
After the AAP government led by Arvind Kejriwal allowed the opening of liquor stores in the national capital, Delhi witnessed absolute chaos with the police resorting to lathi-charge in some places to maintain the rules of social distancing amid the Covid-193.0 crash.
Similar scenes of chaos were witnessed from outside liquor stores across the country.
In the video that went viral on social media, bottlers were seen packed in a serpentine queue outside a wine and beer store in the Karol Bagh area and refused to heed any warning, pushing each other, tripping with each other to put their hands on the bottles. of liquor.
Meanwhile, apart from Delhi, the token system has also been introduced in Pune and without a token, you cannot buy liquor.
