Tipplers consumed as many as 20,30,664 bottles of alcoholic beverage worth Rs 45.21 crore on a single day on New Year's eve on Saturday.
Official sources said liquor worth Rs 559.68 crore was sold in the national capital in December 2022 alone. Giving the details of the liquor sold from December 24 to 31 on day to day basis, they said that on December 24, the booze lovers consumed 1,469,357 bottles worth Rs 28.79 crore. “On December 25, Delhiites bought 14,66,459 bottles worth Rs 27.06 crore and 13,25,540 bottles worth Rs 23.78 crore on December 26,,” they stated.
“On December 27, 10,93,132 bottles worth Rs 19.29 were sold and the people of Delhi consumed a total of 13,45,298 bottles costing Rs 24.33 crore on December 28. On December 29, a total of 12,69,050 bottles were sold in the city valued at Rs 19.13 crore,” the sources said. The booze lovers consumed a total of 14,66,353 liquor bottles on December 30, while on December 31, Delhi sold 20,30,664 bottles worth Rs 45.21 crore, they said.
While Delhi also saw the highest liquor average sale per day at 1,377,949 bottles in December 2022 if compared to the figures for the past four years.“In December 2019, the liquor average sale per day stood at 12,55,820 bottles, which rose to 12,95,368 bottles in 2020. On the other hand, Delhi sold 12,52,712 bottles per day in December 2021, and liquor average sale per day stood at 1,377,949 bottles during the month,” they claimed.
However, the revenue earned after the sale of liquor was the highest in the month of September 2022 at Rs 789.34 crore and the lowest revenue was in October 2022 at Rs 534.46 crore.
Meanwhile, liquor worth over Rs 9 crore was sold across Noida and Greater Noida on December 30 and 31. Booze worth Rs 140 crore was sold in December in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh adjoining the national capital, they said. “If compared to 2021, the revenue earned from the sale of liquor in Gautam Buddh Nagar was 23 percent higher this year,” they added.