The Delhi Government released a list of dry days during April-June in the national Capital on Saturday. In addition to festivals, the excise department of Delhi has declared the dry day schedule for the 18th Lok Sabha polls.
An order issued by the excise department said that the liquor stores in Delhi will be closed on Id-ul-Fitr (April 11), Ram Navami (April 17), Mahavir Jayanti (April 21), Buddha Purnima (May 23), and Id-ul-Zuha (June 17).
All the licensees will exhibit the dry day order at some conspicuous place of their licensed premises.
In a notification issued recently, the department said that dry day will be observed (before 48 hours of end of poll) from 6 PM of April 24 to 6 PM of April 26 on account of Lok Sabha polls in Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh.
It will be applicable for all the licensees whose vends/premises are situated within 100 metres of the border with Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh. In a separate notification the excise department said that different kinds of liquor stores and other licensed premises in the National Capital Territory of Delhi will be closed (before 48 hours of end of poll) from 6 PM of May 23 to 6 PM of May 25 due to voting in the seven Lok Sabha seats in the city.
The liquor stores in the city will also be closed on June 4 (full day) when the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls will be held, it added.
Previously, the Delhi government announced six dry days within the capital city, which include Republic Day on January 26. In an official directive, the excise department outlined that Republic Day on January 26, Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 24, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti on March 5, Maha Shivaratri on March 8, Holi on March 25, and Good Friday on March 29 will be observed as dry days, during which the sale of alcohol will be prohibited. In addition, states like Uttar Pradesh also declared a ‘dry day’ on January 22 because of the Ram Temple consecration event.
