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Residents complain that customers of pubs and bars park their vehicles in the by-lanes nearby inconveniencing people in the neighbourhood. | Photo Credit: K_MURALI_KUMARmore-inResidents fighting the illegal commercialisation of Indiranagar have opposed the move to denotify stretches of national highways in the city to circumvent the Supreme Court ban on sale of liquor along highways. “For instance, Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian and Foreign Liquor) Rules, 1968 clearly state that no licence should be granted in predominantly residential areas. Swarna Venkataraman, I Change Indiranagar, said that this is the only way they could curb the mushrooming of bars and pubs in their locality. Their customers park vehicles in the by-lanes nearby inconveniencing people in the neighbourhood, residents complained..