Chandigarh, May 23 -- The UT excise and taxation department saw lukewarm response to its ongoing e-auctions of liquor vends, with only two of the 12 vends up for bidding sold on Thursday. The department successfully allotted vends in Sector 22 and Mauli Jagran Colony during the seventh round of e-auction, generating Rs.7.76 crore in revenue. The remaining 10 unsold vends will be re-auctioned soon. Earlier, on May 19, only one vend was sold, earning Rs.4.50 crore against a reserve price of Rs.4.38 crore. Out of a total of 97 liquor vends, 87 have been auctioned so far. The department expects to earn over Rs.600 crore this year from these auctions - a 50% increase from last year. So far, it has earned approximately Rs.534 crore, compared to Rs.413 crore in 2023, with 10 vends still remaining. In the fifth round of e-auctions held on May 14, six out of 17 vends were sold, fetching Rs.39.60 crore against a reserve price of Rs.24.32 crore. The fourth round on May 8 saw 11 vends sold out of 21, bringing in Rs.60.76 crore against a reserve price of Rs.47.97 crore. On April 29, only seven of 28 vends were sold....