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Excise officials told The Hindu on Tuesday that though they have a rough estimate of such establishments, a ground-level survey will give them the exact picture. | Photo Credit: File Photomore-inBengaluruDays ahead of the July 1 ban on sale of liquor in outlets less than 500 metres from a highway, excise officials have begun a ground-level survey to identify such establishments. The licences of liquor vending establishments found less than 500 metres from a national highway will not be renewed, say excise officials. In this confusion, excise officials harass us by not even taking applications for transfer licence to relocate,” he said. “We still have no clarity on what is a state highway and national highway..