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: Thursday, April 1, 2021, 5:07 PM IST
Mumbai: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam slams MVA for ruining business of restaurants, hotels by imposing night curfew
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Mumbai: Senior Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday participated in a silent protest held by restaurant and hotel owners at Oshiwara.
Nirupam lambasted the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for ruining the business of small-time traders including hotels and restaurants by imposing night curfew amid rising positive cases of Covid-19. The hotels and restaurants make business in night hours and by imposing curfew their business has been largely affected. Besides, the government instead of threatening to impose second lockdown should come up with fresh guidelines regarding how the situation can be controlled. Small-time are traders yet to recoup from the losses made in the previous lockdown and creating a fearful atmosphere again will further deteriorate the city s ec
Mumbai hotels and restaurant owners are unhappy with the Maharashtra government and BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for not fulfilling their demands made in a bid to revive the sector. Though the corporation had used hotels during the lockdown to accommodate COVID-19 warriors and for quarantine purposes and the sector had supported the move, but as agreed, several of them have not been paid properly for their services.
One of the aggrieved hoteliers Paramjit Singh Ghai, the managing partner of Hotel Samrat in Khar, said that BMC has been giving them a cold shoulder. BMC has paid the accommodation bills of hotels similar to what they paid for using open grounds and schools, amongst others, which is incorrect. Moreover, now, the state government wants us to pay excise duty on/before March 31 for this financial year. Since we are operating at 50 per cent capacity, a discount should be offered in the payment, including the installment facility. Also, BMC had promised a concess
Hotels, restaurants in Mumbai to ring in the new year at 10.30pm to align with Thailand celebrations By TBM Staff | Mumbai
Adapting to the new Covid-19 night curfew guidelines, Mumbai hotels and restaurants have decided that they will ring in 2021 an hour and half early at 10.30 PM.
The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) has asked its members hotels and restaurants in the State to gear up for early celebrations on New Yearâs Eve. With the State announcing a curfew post 11 pm, hotels and restaurants have decided to ring in the New Year Eve celebrations an hour and half early. The HRAWI has opined that ending the year earlier is a fitting tribute to Hospitality Industry s never say die attitude and welcome the New Year filled with hope and promise. The Association has also stated that while the curfew will disrupt Hospitality industryâs plans, it appreciates the governmentâs pre-emptiv