People rush to buy alcohol as Kerala introduces virtual queue via apps

The application can be registered with name and pin code, as it sends an OTP for verification purposes

Over 200,000 people downloaded and registered in BevQ, an Andriod application within hours after it went live on Google play store, ahead of the reopening of liquor shops in Kerala on Thursday.

BevQ is an app for the virtual queue system which was introduced by the state government to control the crowds in front of the liquor shops in Kerala amid the Covid-19 induced lockdown.

According to Kerala-based Faircode technologies, the company which developed the application to book liquor, "About 1,82,000 users registered in the initial two hours from 10 PM to 12 midnight on Wednesday."

"Approx 50,000 users registered