Bars wear a deserted look after the Supreme Court banned liquor shops within 500 metres on either side of the national and state highways in a bid to curb accidents caused by drunken driving; in Bengaluru on July 1, 2017. About 650 pubs and bars across the city face imminent closure from 1 July if the “highways” on which they are located are not de-notified by the central government. (Photo: IANS)