Pune: travelers and restaurant owners from the city have asked the district administration to allow their companies to operate up to 1.30 in the morning on New Year’s Eve.
“We did not expect heavy rushes in hotels, restaurants and other places during New Year’s Eve.
District administration will issue rules and sops for Christmas and New Year Week.
Therefore, we have asked for administration to allow us to keep open at midnight On December 31, “Ganesh Shetty, President of Pune and Amerigo Association, told TI.
At present, restaurants have been permitted to function until midnight with full capacity and they have been instructed to strictly follow the Covid protocol.
“We have instructed them to be vigilant.
They have been asked not to be excessive.
Restaurants on New Year’s Eve are expected to function normally like other days.
The crowd might be more than usual and therefore we ask them to follow the safety protocol,” Shetty said.
The lounge manager at the Mall Seasons in the Magarpatta area said, “There are no guidelines but if the guidelines suddenly come after we plan an event, it will produce a big loss.
We hope that we will be allowed to remain open until at least midnight,” he said.
Representatives from the lounge located in Koregaon Park said there was no special event.
“We have permanent DJs who play music every day.
However, if it is prohibited by administration, we must accept it because we do not want problems.
We have a small dance floor but we have turned it off after the new variant began to spread,” he said.
Shetty, when asked if they planned to ask for restaurants, hotels and lounges to limit their seats in half of the new year’s eve, saying, “in many restaurants, the power of staff is still a major problem and because not at all do not run with capacity Full.
We only asked them to follow all guides.
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