GPS-enabled tracking device must in vehicles carrying spirit in Punjab

The Punjab Excise Department said it had made GPS-enabled tracking devices mandatory in vehicles carrying ethanol, spirits and other items to check their pilferage for making spurious liquor.

The move comes in the wake of the recent spurious liquor tragedy that claimed more than 120 lives in three Majha districts.

The GPS coordinates will have to be preserved by the unit for at least 15 days from the date of completion of delivery of a consignment.

The measures are aimed at providing checks on the transportation of extra neutral alcohol, ethanol, specially denatured spirit, by the distilleries.