face a complicated sound tangle , a bar in the southerly Indian state of Kerala decided to construct a real one to stay in occupation , according toThe Times of India . Aiswarya Bar , a watering yap that sits around 500 ft from a national highway , was threatened in 2016 after India ’s Supreme Courtbanned alcoholic beverage saleswithin 1640 foot of state and land - wide expressways to conquer drunk driving . Instead of move or cease operation , Aiswarya Bar ’s proprietors got creative : They used preassemble concrete to construct a tangled pathway outside the entrance , which more than tripled the distance from car to bar .
Aiswarya Bar ’s irregular result technically cleave to the law , so members of the State Excise Administration — which regulates commodities including alcohol — initially seemed to accept the design .
" We do [ not ] measure out the aerial distance but only the walking length , " a illustration toldThe Times of India . " However , they will be fined for castrate the entrance . "
Amid all the bureaucratic dramatic event , Aiswarya Bar has gained global fame for both metaphorically and literally circumnavigating the jurisprudence . But as a whole , liquor - serving establishments in India are facing rugged time : AsQuartz reports , the alcohol Bachelor of Arts in Nursing — which prescribe Browning automatic rifle , hotel , and pubs along main road to cancel their liquor licence by April 1 , 2017 — has resulted in heavy financial loss , and the estimated loss of over 1 million jobs . Aiswarya Bar ’s proprietor , who until of late operated as many as nine local bar , is just one of many afflicted entrepreneurs .
Some state governments , which receive a expectant circumstances of their total revenue from hard drink sales , are now attempting to downgrade the status of their state and national main road . To continue sell liquor in roadside establishments , they ’re rechristening thoroughfares as " urban roads , " " dominion road , " and " local authority road . " So far , the jury ’s still out on whether Kerala — thenotoriously hard - drinking statein which Aiswarya Bar is located — will become one of them .
[ h / tThe Times of India ]
