Lockdown Effect: Rs 125 Cr Liquor Sales In Telangana

May 11th Tuesday it was and until 3 PM, the wine shops were operating normally. In minutes the scenario changed. Hundreds of people reached the wine shops across Telangana and everyone purchased liquor that would be sufficient for the next ten days. This situation was witnessed after the Telangana government announced lockdown.

Right after the lockdown announcement Rs 56 crore worth liquor reached the stores from depots. As per the Excise department, the state has posted Rs 125 crore liquor sales on Tuesday which is said to be the biggest in May month.

From the first ten days of May month, Telangana Excise department posted Rs 676 crore of revenue which means it is roughly Rs 61 crore per day. But the 11th day posted double the sales.

Rangareddy Leads In Liquor Sales

When the liquor sales were estimated as per the district wise, Rangareddy topped with Rs 24 crore revenue. Nalgonda, Khammam and Hyderabad district followed with Rs 15.24 crore, Rs 12.25 crore and Rs 10.17 crore sales respectively.

Surprisingly the wine shops had enough stock to handle this mad rush. Many wine shop owners said that they timely received the stock from the depots. While the Excise department made sure the stock reached the shops without any hassle.