Bengaluru: MG Road and Brigade Road, two of Bengaluru's most happening places located in the heart of the city, are set to go dry from next week. The reason? Ancient records dug up by the city municipality categorise the two as national highways.
So most of the malls, hip pubs, lounge bars and even fine-dining restaurants that serve liquor along MG Road and Brigade Road now fall foul of the 500-metre rule imposed by the Supreme Court.According to estimates, at least 200 outlets - including pubs and fine dine restaurants – will have to shut shop here due to Supreme Court’s recent order banning liquor outlets within a 500-metre radius of highways. These two roads are frequent haunts of the young and thirsty - housing pubs like Pecos that are over two decades old, and have earned Bengaluru the tag of ‘Pub City.’
So most of the malls, hip pubs, lounge bars and even fine-dining restaurants that serve liquor along MG Road and Brigade Road now fall foul of the 500-metre rule imposed by the Supreme Court.According to estimates, at least 200 outlets - including pubs and fine dine restaurants – will have to shut shop here due to Supreme Court’s recent order banning liquor outlets within a 500-metre radius of highways. These two roads are frequent haunts of the young and thirsty - housing pubs like Pecos that are over two decades old, and have earned Bengaluru the tag of ‘Pub City.’