There were huge queues outside a liquor store in Bangalore as it reopened after 41 days on May 4.

The store had been closed after the government prohibited the sale of liquor, paan and gutka on March 18, before the first phase of the coronavirus lockdown.

Bangalore on Monday witnessed many people queuing up at wine shops to purchase alcohol bottles after the stores opened after being closed for 41 days.
The government prohibited sale of liquor, paan and gutka from March 18, even before the first phase of the lockdown. Karnataka had been pushing the central government for permission to open liquor shops as it would provide immediate tax revenue to its depleting coffers For those rationing their pegs for the past 41 days and those who ran out of pegs long ago standalone liquor shops are allowed to open in all districts from Monday. In red-zone districts, that means only outlets outside containment zones open.