new delhi now getting over one litre liquor to delhi from neighbouring areas like gurgaon and faridabad to save a few bucks may land you in jail with the aap government stepping up efforts to catch hold of defaulters the move is aimed at boosting revenue by plugging losses as the delhi government loses out on tax which enriches the coffers of its neighbour haryana the delhi governments excise department has formed teams to ascertain the prevalence of the practice by observing the liquor shops operating in rohtak sonepat gurgaon and faridabad bordering the national capital according to government as per section 33 of the existing excise act 2009 one cannot take more than one litre to delhi from other states in violation of this section violators can face imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to 3 lakh government has now decided to strictly implement this rule there are thousands of people who live in delhi but go to haryanas areas especially gurgaon and faridabad for works unaware of excise rules most people can get over one litre liquor to delhi from these areas which is illegalthe rule says that vehicle be it expensive indulged in transporting over one litre liquor will be confiscated and sold in auction such vehicles will not be returned to defaulters a senior government official told pti the official said that excise department will launch an extensive drive within next week and for which various teams have been formed departments officials are now making an assessment of numbers of liquor shops in faridabad sonipat and gurgaon bordering delhi to ascertain how many persons take haryana liquor to delhi officials said the department will soon give advertisements in newspapers informing the masses of such drive so that they would be aware of excise rules pti published on aug 2 2015 at 0601 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app liquor excise department defaulters violators aap government homenewstrouble for tipplers getting over 1 litre liquor to delhi