In a notice given on Monday, the Delhi government reported that as a component of its new alcohol strategy, the quantity of ‘dry days’ in the national capital has been decreased from 21 to 3 beginning this year.
According to the warning, Delhi will notice three dry days from now into the foreseeable future – – Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15), and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2). Nonetheless, the request added that separated from three days reference, the national authority might pronounce some other day in the year as dry day occasionally.
“Incompatibility of the arrangements of Rule 52 of Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, it is therefore requested that the accompanying dates will be seen as ‘Dry Day’ in the National Capital Territory of Delhi by every one of the licensees of the Excise office and opium distributes situated in Delhi for the year 2022 – – Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti.
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Aside from the over three dry days, the national authority might announce some other day in the year as Dry Day occasionally,” read the request gave by Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Anand Kumar Tiwari.
Censuring the move, Delhi BJP media head Naveen Jindal told IANS, “The AAP-drove Delhi government is against Gandhi. (Mahatma) Gandhi was against alcohol and this administration has permitted wine shops to stay open on Martyrs Day on January 30, which denotes the death of Gandhiji. The Arvind Kejriwal government is wanting to open wine shops at each side of the national capital, which is unfortunate.”
Prior, the dry days numbered 21 remembering for the birth commemoration of great leaders and religious celebrations. The business premises of a licensee will be kept shut on a dry day.
In 2021, the dry days had been seen on Holi, Diwali, Janmashtami, Muharram, Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid), Good Friday, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday, Guru Nanak’s Birthday, Dussehra, and different events.
The request given on Monday said that separated from the three dry days, the public authority might proclaim some other day in the year as ‘Dry Day’ now and again.
The licensees won’t be qualified for any pay because of any progressions connected with number of ‘dry days’. Every one of the licensees will show the ‘dry day’ request at a few obvious spot of their authorized premises, it said.
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