HYDERABAD: The state government on Wednesday issued orders to run licensed liquor permit rooms. The permit rooms attached to wine shops were closed along with the wine shops when the Covid-19 pandemic had hit.
The wine shops were opened post lockdown, but the permit rooms were not accorded permission to run. The city has around 600 wine shops which have licensed permit rooms.
“The permit rooms must follow Covid-19 rules,” officials told wine shop owners. Though bar shop owners were allowed to run shops till 12am on December 31, they are pessimistic about seeing good business. “This month we saw less customers, maybe it’s due to Covid-19,” said a wine shop owner.