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The shops have opened in Taj city and Gautam Buddha Nagar as well
Prayagraj: After the verbal order in Prayagraj, all the liquor stores have opened on Tuesday (May 11) and since morning, crowds of people have been seen forming lines outside the liquor shops.
The people at the liquor strores have disregarded the COVID-19 protocol amid surge in the daily number of cases testing positive for COVID-19.
Liquor shops will open in Taj city, Agra, will be open today from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Liquor shops including bars and canteens will also be closed on liquor contracts for not following COVID-19 protocol.
As per IANS, the prices of liquor have been increased by Rs 10-40 per bottle. The cess of Rs 10 has been imposed on regular-premium category liquor, Rs 20 on the super premiere, Rs 30 on scotch and Rs 40 on liquor imported from abroad, the news agency reported.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the states which has been severely affected by the second wave of coronavirus in India. The state recorded 23,333 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday that pushed its total tally to 15,03,490 while 296 more fatalities took the death toll to 15,464.
(With inputs from agencies)