Noida:
Delhi Metro commuters touchdown in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida with sealed liquor bottles might land in hassle, cautioned excise officers right here on Saturday.
The phrase of warning comes a day after the Delhi Metro Rail Company (DMRC) introduced allowing commuters to hold as much as two sealed bottles of liquor on its community.
In addition to Delhi, DMRC’s metro rail community expands to close by cities like Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana, and Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
In Uttar Pradesh, the excise guidelines ban the import of liquor from exterior the state, citing loss to the state authorities’s income.
Officers mentioned the present rule permits import of just one unsealed bottle from adjoining Delhi or Haryana, whether or not by metro or highway.
“Though the Delhi Metro has allowed commuters to hold two sealed bottles of liquor, however guidelines of the Uttar Pradesh Excise Division will apply in UP’s territories, no matter any modifications in Delhi,” Noida District Excise Officer Subodh Srivastava instructed PTI.
The officer added that the excise division will step up vigilance at metro stations and take authorized motion towards these caught with sealed liquor bottles introduced from exterior UP.
“We will even attempt to elevate consciousness amongst individuals concerning the excise guidelines in UP to keep away from inconvenience to the commuters,” Srivastava mentioned.
Liquor is normally cheaper in Haryana and Delhi as in comparison with Uttar Pradesh. On a number of events prior to now, individuals bringing sealed liquor bottles from Delhi to Noida by way of highway have been arrested. An official mentioned in such a scenario, motion towards an offender is taken beneath Part 63 of the Excise Act (penalty for illegal import, export, transport, manufacture, possession, sale) which is a non-bailable offence.
Carrying of alcohol was banned within the Delhi Metro till not too long ago besides on the Airport Specific Line and permitting it throughout the community is part of the coverage to usher in uniformity, the DMRC mentioned on Friday.
In accordance with the Delhi Metro, a committee comprising officers from the CISF and the DMRC reviewed the checklist of things allowed to be carried in trains.
Nonetheless, the metro operator has requested passengers to keep up correct decorum whereas travelling and warned that any commuter discovered behaving in an indecent method inebriated, will face appropriate motion as per legislation.
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