hyderabad the likelihood of another lockdown in ghmc limits resulted in serpentine queues outside wine shops in many parts of the city on monday over 2180 wine shops across the city were permitted to sell liquor till 830 pm from june 2 by prohibition and excise department while the wine shops witnessed heavy rush during the first two days it eventually subsided now with the government mulling another lockdown many consumers rushed to the wine shops in areas such as madhapur banjara hills and bowenpally to stock up for the next 15 days i purchased four bottles of 750 ml whiskey during the last lockdown we did not have any buffer period to make such purchases and the lockdown remained for 60 days thankfully this time we are prepared and stocked up said naveen gurram a buyer at a wine shop in bowenpally a few wine shops witnessed bulk buying of whiskey rum and hard liquor by consumers however dealers expect further rush only once the government confirms the lockdown once the announcement is made we expect last minute rush to be much higher people are also expected to receive their salaries in the next 23 days this will also add to the rush to liquor shops across the city said d venkateshwara rao president telangana wine dealers association