#COVID19 lockdown. pic.twitter.com/2VJgmr7jmoSaju Abraham, Sub Inspector of Kerala Police told ANI that the liquor shops were scheduled to open at 9 AM, but the impatient crowd began queuing an hour before. "The liquor shops opened at 9 AM, but the customers started queuing way before.
There was a long queue outside BevCo at 8 AM," he said.The Kerala government on Tuesday decided to ease lockdown restrictions from June 17 and announced a slew of steps, including allowing shops selling essential goods to open every day from 7 AM to 7 PM and reopen state-run beverages outlets in a restricted manner.Meanwhile, India reported 67,208 new coronavirus infections today taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,97,00,313, according to the Union.