Don’t regard MG road as highway: Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has written a letter to Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to de-notify a 7.75-kilometer-stretch on a national highway in the Capital so that sale of liquor is allowed in hotels, restaurants and resorts. Earlier this stretch was banned from serving alcohol, following a recent Supreme Court order. The order bans sale of liquor in establishments that are within 500 meters of national and state highways.

Sisodia wrote to Gadkari on May 31, after a representation was made by owners and managers of various hotels, restaurants and resorts based on the National Highway 236 also known as Mehrauli-Gurugram (MG) Road. In the letter, Sisodia stated, “It has been mentioned in the representation that business has been adversely affected and huge social impact also.”

He has urged Gadkari to look into the matter for “necessary action”.

The representation made by hotel, restaurant and banquet owners stated the excise department has cancelled all excise licenses including temporary licences on the 7.75 kilometer-stretch from Anderia Mor to the Delhi and Haryana border on National Highway 236. They stated that the liquor ban on this stretch of road has caused huge unemployment, closure of businesses and a huge loss …read more