mussoorie in a letter to the dehradun district magistrate the owners of liquor stores have urged him to either order a shut down of their shops until the covid19 curfew and weekend restrictions are lifted or waive off the surcharge imposed on themthere was no clarity on liquor stores in the order relating to curfew restrictions thus the dm should issue clear directions in this regard also the administration should waive off the surcharge imposed on us as coronavirusinduced curbs have hit our business badly said bhanu karanwal a liquor shop owner he added that liquor shops in dehradun give a collective of rs 20 crore of surcharge to the state government per day advt narender kumar sethi another liquor vendor told that all liquor shops in dehradun and mussoorie were closed since several daysthere is no clarity in the order by the district magistrate whether liquor shops are allowed to open during the curfew and hence all vendors have kept their shops closed resulting in huge financial losses he addeda number of liquor shop owners from mussoorie and dehradun have written to the district magistrate asking him to issue orders for closure of liquor shops and for waiver of fixed surcharge during the period the shops are closedeither we must be given orders to close our shops or we must be charge surcharge based on the volume of sales otherwise we will not be able to survive this financial crisis karanwal toldit has been brought to my notice that there is some ambiguity with regards to opening of liquor shops during the curfew but i am not authorised to comment on this said ramesh bangwal district excise officermeanwhile district magistrate ashish kumar srivastava could not be reached despite several attempts by anmol jain tnn published on may 1 2021 at 1128 am 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 stores liquor shop owner dehradun mussoorie order shutdown vendors homenewseither order shutdown of liquor stores or waive off surcharge in dehradun vendors to dm