Thiruvananthapuram: What if 418 bars in Kerala have not opened this fiscal -- liquor sales in the remaining 313 bars in the state have risen 95 per cent compared to the same period of last year.

The figures are according to a release issued by the state excise department on Wednesday at a function organised to unveil the "anti-liquor campaign" logo in the room of Kerala Assembly Speaker G. Karthikeyan.