THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The cabinet which convened here Wednesday decided not to renew the licences of 418 substandard bars in the state. The excise department will renew the licences of three star bars and above. Licence of substandard bars will be renewed only after an inspection conducted by the excise deputy commissioner.
The government will start taking steps on it only after the Lok Sabha polls. The cabinet upheld the act of cancelling the licence of 14 bars. The cabinet entrusted law secretary to submit a report on April 10 after studying Supreme Court order in connection with bar licences. The government has directed beverages corporation to collect more liquor in the wake of closure of bars following the non-renewal of licences.
The raid conducted by the excise department recently found that almost 400 bars had only two-star facilities. They also noticed that these bars did not have the star facilities as directed by the tourism department.
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