UP has something more to cheer about…
Lucknow, January 28 (HS): A good news for guzzlers. Bars in Uttar Pradesh metros will remain open till 2 am. A decision to this effect has been taken by the state government.
This has been done to attract more tourists and earn more revenue, it was officially announced on Tuesday. This is the second state in the country to change the bar closure time.
In five star hotels, liquor can be supplied till four in the morning in the state– at a price, of course. The hotels will have to shell out Rs six lakhs more. They already pay Rs ten lakhs as license fees per annum.
The cities where this facility can be availed are Lucknow, Noida-Greater, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Agra, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Bareilly, Aligarh, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Moradabad, and Saharanpur, to name a few.
The deadline was 12 midnight earlier. But, strangely, there will be no change in liquor shop closure time. They will remain open only till ten pm.The The states has taken the cue from Maharashtra. The western state is, however, a shade better. Bars there can remain open 20×7.
The new decision has fulfilled a long pending demand of tourists and traders. The pressure had increased after the new Maharashtra order which has been already implemented.
