Liquor sales curbs from Oct 21 for dasara processions, MLC polls

Bengaluru: A few parts of the city will see curbs on liquor sale from Oct 21 as police enforce dry-day restrictions for Dasara festivities and legislative council elections. The restrictions will cover liquor shops, bars, pubs and other establishments selling alcohol, while hotels and restaurants will be allowed to provide food.Police commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh issued two separate orders Monday.Liquor sales will be prohibited from noon on Oct 21 to 1am on Oct 22 in RT Nagar, JC Nagar and Hebbal police station limits in view of Dasara celebrations and processions.As part of biennial elections to Bengaluru teachers’ constituency and Karnataka south-east graduates’ constituency, liquor sale will be prohibited from 4pm on Oct 21 to 4pm on Oct 23 in central, east, west, north, south, southeast, southwest, northwest, northeast, Whitefield and Electronics City divisions.