LUCKNOW, March 6 -- A total of 16,052 country liquor shops, 9,362 composite shops, 1,459 cannabis shops, and 435 model shops were allotted across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday in the first phase of the e-lottery for the 2025-26 licensing period through a digital e-lottery system, ensuring transparency and efficiency. Country liquor shops received a bulk quota of 75.80 crore litres, meeting supply demands across the state.

In Lucknow, 543 country liquor shops, 400 composite shops, 56 model shops, and 42 cannabis shops were allotted through an e-lottery held at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Gomti Nagar. The process was supervised by a district-level committee that included DCP (Crime) Kamlesh Kumar Dixit, deputy excise commissioner Neeraj Verma,...