Highway liquor ban: Time for restaurant owners to find a new business

SC banned liquor shops within 500 metres of a highway

Karan Choudhury & Sanjeeb Mukherjee  |  New Delhi 

At the age of 45, Subhash Gupta feels too old to start over, but this is what he would have to do, as the footfall of his four bar and restaurants steadily going down, post the Supreme Court ban on sale of liquor at establishments which falls within 500 meters range of State and National Highways. Gupta, whose restaurants are spread across highways in Uttar Pradesh has shut two of his establishments and is on the verge of closing down the third one in Meerut. "It feels like an April fool's day joke gone haywire. Just 'food' does not sell, it has to be coupled with ...

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Highway liquor ban: Time for restaurant owners to find a new business

SC banned liquor shops within 500 metres of a highway

At the age of 45, Subhash Gupta feels too old to start over, but this is what he would have to do, as he sees the footfall of his four bar and restaurants steadily going down, post the Supreme Court ban on sale of liquor at establishments which fall within 500 meters range of State and National Highways.Gupta, whose restaurants are spread across highways in Uttar Pradesh has shut two of his establishments and is on the verge of closing down the third one in Meerut. "It feels like an April fool's day joke gone haywire. Just 'food' does not find sell, it has to be coupled with liquor. The footfall was down to 12 percent in two of the restaurants before I shut them. Now I am trying to get a license to run a commercial establishment. I will try and turn them into shops and just run one of the restaurants," he said. Still paying off debts of the last two restaurants he opened, Gupta is in a race against time to cut his losses.In the last 20 odd days, the restaurant owners across the ... At the age of 45, Subhash Gupta feels too old to start over, but this is what he would have to do, as the footfall of his four bar and restaurants steadily going down, post the Supreme Court ban on sale of liquor at establishments which falls within 500 meters range of State and National Highways. Gupta, whose restaurants are spread across highways in Uttar Pradesh has shut two of his establishments and is on the verge of closing down the third one in Meerut. "It feels like an April fool's day joke gone haywire. Just 'food' does not sell, it has to be coupled with ... image
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