Around 50 pubs, restaurants and hotels, located within 500 metres of highways in Delhi, will not be able to serve liquor Saturday onwards.
Also, 65 vends will be sealed following the Supreme Court order that no liquor shops, pubs, hotels and bars serving alcohol will be permitted within 500 metres of highways in the country from April 1, government sources said.
A senior excise department official said several teams have been formed to ensure that outlets – pubs, restaurants and hotels – most of them on NH-8, stop serving liquor.
Some of the major restaurants and hotels located in Aerocity near the IGI Airport will be affected by the ruling.
Officials said strict action will be taken against violators.
The SC has directed that no liquor shop shall be visible and directly accessible from the highways nor it should be situated within 500 metres of the outer edge of the national or state highway or of the service lane.