<p>Liquor sale at the domestic terminals of the Delhi airport is likely to resume soon as city government has been offered a few shops to open alcohol vends there, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The airport authorities have offered the shops to the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) to open liquor vends, a senior officer of the city government said. </p>.<p>"We have been offered three-four shops to open vends at the domestic terminals of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. A couple of those shops are suitable for large-sized premium vends with a floor area of more than 1,000 square feet," the officer said.</p>.<p>Liquor sale at the domestic terminals of the airport stopped after August 31 as the excise policy of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for 2021-22 was withdrawn.</p>.<p>There were six liquor stores at the domestic terminals of the airport, which were run by a private player under the previous excise policy. According to the policy, 10 liquor vends were to be opened at the domestic terminals. </p>.<p>The Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the Arvind Kejriwal government in July after Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena recommended a CBI probe into alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in its implementation.</p>.<p>The DTTDC had unsuccessfully tried to rent out the shops hired by the private player to run the liquor vends that were closed after August 31.</p>.<p>The excise department had issued licences to four undertakings of the Delhi government -- DTTDC, DSIIDC, DSCSC and DCCWS -- to run liquor vends in the city under the old excise regime.</p>.<p>The DSCSC has opened a premium liquor vend in a Mayur Vihar mall. The remaining premium shops will soon be opened by the other corporations, officials said.</p>
<p>Liquor sale at the domestic terminals of the Delhi airport is likely to resume soon as city government has been offered a few shops to open alcohol vends there, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The airport authorities have offered the shops to the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) to open liquor vends, a senior officer of the city government said. </p>.<p>"We have been offered three-four shops to open vends at the domestic terminals of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. A couple of those shops are suitable for large-sized premium vends with a floor area of more than 1,000 square feet," the officer said.</p>.<p>Liquor sale at the domestic terminals of the airport stopped after August 31 as the excise policy of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for 2021-22 was withdrawn.</p>.<p>There were six liquor stores at the domestic terminals of the airport, which were run by a private player under the previous excise policy. According to the policy, 10 liquor vends were to be opened at the domestic terminals. </p>.<p>The Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the Arvind Kejriwal government in July after Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena recommended a CBI probe into alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in its implementation.</p>.<p>The DTTDC had unsuccessfully tried to rent out the shops hired by the private player to run the liquor vends that were closed after August 31.</p>.<p>The excise department had issued licences to four undertakings of the Delhi government -- DTTDC, DSIIDC, DSCSC and DCCWS -- to run liquor vends in the city under the old excise regime.</p>.<p>The DSCSC has opened a premium liquor vend in a Mayur Vihar mall. The remaining premium shops will soon be opened by the other corporations, officials said.</p>