If you are wondering what this headline is all about, here is the story. We are talking about the overflowing liquor retail outlets that sprung up in the city of Hyderabad. Apparently, they shelled out crores of rupees to get the licenses and had no choice but to shut down or sell them.
With an increasingly exorbitant license fee, many shops such as Spar have also stopped renewing their licenses. Same is the case with the premium eatery joints as well. Sources say that from a few lakhs last year, the fee has been hiked to Rs 30 lakhs this year and joints such as Kabab Factory in Banjara Hills have been running dry.
Well, the customers say that the idea of having a reshmi kabab without a peg of scotch or whisky doesn’t sound appealing. But the poor Kabab joints have no choice as their pockets are being drilled deep by the government without any regulation on the license fees.
With an increasingly exorbitant license fee, many shops such as Spar have also stopped renewing their licenses. Same is the case with the premium eatery joints as well. Sources say that from a few lakhs last year, the fee has been hiked to Rs 30 lakhs this year and joints such as Kabab Factory in Banjara Hills have been running dry.
Well, the customers say that the idea of having a reshmi kabab without a peg of scotch or whisky doesn’t sound appealing. But the poor Kabab joints have no choice as their pockets are being drilled deep by the government without any regulation on the license fees.
