facing lossesvinod giri director general confederation of indian alcoholic beverage companies said given the number of shops the zonal licence holders were able to open and the losses they incurred made the business financially unviable at the current licence feein fact opening 27 outlets in one zone is a huge task its a huge number and very few bidders can actually make such a big investment we have requested the excise department to create zones with just nine shops but they are yet to decide on this said girigiri added that delayed roll out of the policy opposition to the opening of liquor stores and a delayed decision by the government to allow shifting of shops from nonconforming to regularised areas all contributed to the financial losses a delhi government official agreed that the zonal licence holders were finding it financially difficult to sustain business and had discontinued we have taken cognisance and the changes in the excise policy may offer a solution the official said