Raipur: While liquor sales soar in Chhattisgarh, its swanky new airport in the state capital here will remain 'dry'. The reason: the airport's named after Swami Vivekananda.
The Airport management shelved the proposal for a beer bar in the food court after AAI received objections questioning liquor sale at a place named after the monk. However, it seems that in their eagerness to please these sections, the AAI perhaps forgot that liquor bars are a booming business at domestic and international terminals in New Delhi (IGI), Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi), and Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji).
Sources said this decision was taken recently and tenders for running a restaurant would be invited for now. While AAI officials and airport management refused to comment on the issue, they confirmed that no beer would be sold at the airport. An official requesting anonymity said, "For a year we will only have a restaurant and no beer bar."
24/01/13 Times of India
