It is a “herculean task” to sell 2.71 crore liquor bottles annually in a city with a population of just 12.15 lakh, says Darshan Singh Kler, president of the Chandigarh Wine Contractors’ Association.
Eighteen liquor vends out of 95 were not auctioned, causing a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore this year, the president of the Chandigarh Wine Contractors Association said, blaming the UT’s ‘rigid’ excise policy