Gurgaon: The inaugural auction of liquor vends under the new exciser policy for the city’s west sone has eaked in 10% higher revenue than the base prius-set by the govt. The high estbils, not just in the city but across Maryana in this round, were Rs 63 crore for the DLF 3 zone and Ra.52 crore for the Shankar Chowk.zone
Th the west zone, which inchades Cyber Hub and upscale areas like C Udyog Vihar, 62 of 83 zones were auc Noned on Tuesday Total bids in the zos.puached Rs 1,220 cvere. The re sarve price Was Rs 1,152 crors. Manesar demonstrated robust competitive bid ding, with closing amounts that were 20-30% higher than the opening price Deputy commissioner Ajay Ko-mar said now tenders for the remain ing zones in the west will be invited in the first week of June
Shankar Chowk zone, which ex tende till IFFCO Chowk netted al most the same bid as the reserve price while the DLF-a zone netted Rs 3 core more than the opening price Udyog Vihar-S, the third highest, went for Rs 38.6 crore, which too was almost the same as the reserve price.
Several zones beyond the central business districts of the city re-ceived bids 20-50% higher than the opening price The highest bidding was witnessed in Gadauli, which went for Rs 28.13 crore against a re serve price of Rs 18.5 crore, an in crease of around 52% Minda Chowk was auctioned for Rs 21.6 crore against an opening price of Rs 17
rore, an increase of 25%. The Sector 17A ame was allocated Rs 19.87 crore against a Teserve cion of Bs 15.5 crore, March
Satinder Duggal
