Cash starving Andhra Pradesh has now turned as Beer starving state. People who try to beat the summer heat with a sip of chilled beer, are finding the going tough this time around.
The beer usage suddenly gone up due to summer and the drink ran out of stocks in the depots of Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation (APBC) with the soaring demand and fall in supply. A senior official said that the state registers sale of 15 lakh cases a month but due to the high temperatures in summer there is a 200 per cent rise in demand.
AP depends on Telangana and other neighbouring states for its supply of beer. The beer supply from a major factory in Telangana also got stopped from the last few days and so the scarcity hit. The Telangana breweries have stopped export since the usage of the state also increased drastically.
Government was taking efforts to deploy 10 lakh cases from several states such as Goa, Aurangabad and Pondicherry within a few days. As per reports AP consumes 15 Lakh cases of beer every month. Only in April, 19 Lakh Cases of beer got consumed
The beer usage suddenly gone up due to summer and the drink ran out of stocks in the depots of Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation (APBC) with the soaring demand and fall in supply. A senior official said that the state registers sale of 15 lakh cases a month but due to the high temperatures in summer there is a 200 per cent rise in demand.
AP depends on Telangana and other neighbouring states for its supply of beer. The beer supply from a major factory in Telangana also got stopped from the last few days and so the scarcity hit. The Telangana breweries have stopped export since the usage of the state also increased drastically.
Government was taking efforts to deploy 10 lakh cases from several states such as Goa, Aurangabad and Pondicherry within a few days. As per reports AP consumes 15 Lakh cases of beer every month. Only in April, 19 Lakh Cases of beer got consumed