Maha: Over 20,400 liquor home delivery orders placed on Sunday

Mumbai, May 17 () As many as 20,485 people placedorders for home delivery of liquor across the state on Sunday,an top official of the excise department said.

The home delivery of liquor has been started inMaharashtra from May 15.

"The total orders delivered at home in the last threedays is 34,187. The state has been reporting daily averagerevenue generation of Rs 42 crore through liquor sale," stateexcise commissioner Kantilal Umap told .

There are 10,791 liquor shops in the state, of whichonly 4,713 are operational at present, he added.

"On May 15, the first day of the liquor home deliveryservice, the excise department reported 4,875 home deliveries.The figure doubled on Saturday with 8,268 such deliveries.Sunday's figure is 20,485," he said.

With this, 34,187 orders of home delivery have beencompleted so far, Umap said.

"The excise department also received some complaintsabout people facing hurdles while operating iOS system toaccess its portal for obtaining online liquor consumptionpermit. The department is working on fixing it," he said.

Of the 36 districts in Maharashtra, liquor shops areopened in non-containment zones of 27 districts.

Gadchiroli, Wardha and Chandrapur are the three 'dry'districts, while Aurangabad, Beed and Parbhani have so far notstarted liquor shops.

The local authorities in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbanand Osmanabad districts have kept the liquor shops shut citingpossible violation of physical distancing norm. NDNP NP