The Delhi govt had launched an e-token system for the sale of liquor in the national capital on Thursday to avoid large gatherings outside liquor shops. But it did not calculate for, however, was the massive traffic that would be generated on the site that offers these tokens!
Which meant that official web link – www.qtoken.in – immediately crashed and has not worked for many since the launch last evening! The weblink was still showing server error by the time this story was published.
Now, this hasn’t gone unnoticed by Twitter!
Delhi’s state government had started allowing of sale of liquor from Monday. The rates of liquor were also raised by 70 per cent of the MRP on Tuesday. But it did not matter as large crowds gathered at the shops regardless, thus violating social distancing norms amid the coronavirus outbreak.