nagpur following orders from collector ravindra thakare and municipal commissioner tukaram munde the state excise department is now set to permit wine shop owners to home deliver liquor sources said that around 20 wine shop owners have applied for permission on thursday and several others are likely to follow in the coming days there are around 150 wine shops beer shoppees and country liquor shops in city and 221 in rural areas sources said at least 10 shops will begin delivery from friday itself with more joining laterexcise officials had sealed all establishments in march after the order of their closure now they are preparing to permit shop owners who comply with the conditions put by the governmentstate excise sp pramod sonone told toi that a wine shop owner can only deliver liquor after getting permission from the department there are several rules which needs to be followed such as they will have to sanitize their premises home delivery will be done by their employees who will have to take permission from us we will provide icards to delivery persons he saidthe citizens needs to have a permit that they can get from official website of excise department or from excise officials or from the licence holders without permit liquor will not be delivered the wine shop owners will display their contact details for the customers no liquor can be sold at the premises in rural areas liquor can be sold from the shops said sonone a shop will only be able to serve nearby areas several wine shop owners are coming to us to get permission our officials will first visit the establishments and see if all norms are followed only then permission will be given said the excise sp there are concerns that citizens might fall prey to tricksters earlier also several people were duped in online frauds on the pretext of getting home delivery of liquor citizens must be careful about believing any fake advertisements on social media and must always pay after receiving the delivery said a source