While delhi allows restaurants to stay open 24x7, mumbai asks them to shut by 10pm

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While delhi allows restaurants to stay open 24x7, mumbai asks them to shut by 10pm

Jyothi Venkatesh

In a major relief to city restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delhi government on Wednesday said that they will be allowed to operate round-the-clock and requirement of tourism licences will also be removed.

The government also announced other measures such as initiating a process to abolish police licences and health trade licenses from local bodies for restaurants to end ''permit raj'' in the industry, according to a statement. The decisions were taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and it was attended by restaurant owners.

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The Delhi government said such steps will help the industry generate more employment through higher demand. This will set an example of the ''Delhi Model'' of ease of doing business, it said."On the request of restaurateurs to allow 24x7 business, it was agreed that restaurants will be allowed to operate at all hours subject to the condition that they submit an undertaking that they will take care of the health and security of their entire staff," the statement said. Arvind Kejriwal also directed that health trade licenses issued by municipal corporations to restaurants should be abolished within 10 days, it said.

Kajriwal also added that Delhi's restaurants are the pride of Delhi and provide employment to lakhs of people and hence he has directed all respective departments to remove unnecessary hassles in the smooth running of restaurants. And on the other hand, it is sad that Uddhav Thackeray led Maharashtra government and his soon the Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray have asked the bars and restaurants in Mumbai to operate from 8 am and shut down every day from 10pm, though they were allowed to open only this week after having been out of business for almost six months thanks to problems arising out of coronavirus.

My suggestion to the Thackerays who care for Mumbai's nightlife is to allow the bars and restaurants to remain open from 12 noon to 12 midnight orelse the crisis now may led to the closure of bars and restaurants in Mumbai sooner than expected

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