Archive · 13 Jun 2025
Draw of Lots Completed for Hyderabad Bar-Cum-Restaurants
In Hyderabad, officials picked names to decide who gets to open a bar-restaurant.
This was done fairly, with everyone watching.
Many people wanted to open these bars, and the government picked 28 winners.
The winners now have three months to get their bars ready to open.
Before they started, they paused to remember those who died in a plane crash.
Draw of lots completed for 28 bar-cum-restaurants in Telangana.
Process deemed transparent, conducted with applicants present.
3,525 applications were received for 24 bars within GHMC limits.
Allotment letters issued; bars must start operations within 90 days.
Tribute paid to Air India crash victims before the process began.
- Who
- Telangana Prohibition and Excise Commissioner C Hari Kiran and applicants.
- What
- Draw of lots for bar-cum-restaurants allotment completed.
- When
- Friday.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- To allot bar-cum-restaurant licenses.
- Total Bars Allotted
- 28
- Applications Received
- 3,525
- GHMC Bars Applied For
- 24
- Other Locations
- Nizamabad, Bodhan, Saroornagar and Mahbubnagar
- Timeline to Open
- 90 days