If the Supreme Court’s order banning all liquor shops within 500 metre of the National and State Highways is implemented. the State exchequer would suffer a loss to the tune of Rs 1,100 crore per fiscal year as 1,712 such shops are now in existence.
Excise Secretary Bishnupada Sethi said, “The State will lose Rs 1089,78, 40, 300 crore revenue if all the liquor shops and five star hotels within 500 metre from the highways are closed in pursuance of the Supreme Court judgement.”
“Out of the total 3,922 liquor shops across Odisha, 1,712 shops come under the judgement purview,” he informed.