Udham Singh Nagar: Liquor seekers are facing a lot of trouble in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand as the liquor traders of the district have announced to completely stop selling liquor from Friday. Liquor traders have taken this decision fed by the excise policy of the government.

Liquor traders say that the surcharge imposed on the sale of liquor by the state government cannot be fulfilled by the liquor business this financial year as the country is suffering from the global coronavirus epidemic and tourists in the state are lacking. In such a situation, liquor traders will have to bear heavy losses. In such a situation, it will not be possible for them to fulfil the target given by the government.

Liquor traders say that the government needs to give them a discount in this financial year, but the government has increased the prices of alcohol. This decision of the government is causing huge losses to the liquor traders. They do not like the tax on coronavirus. In this context, he has given a memorandum to the District Magistrate that from May 15, 2020, all contract operators in the district will go on an indefinite strike.

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