SURAT: Before hotels and restaurants even started their business, the fire department started cooking up its recipe to prevent any fire mishap in the city’s eateries.
On Thursday, fire department sealed 14 hotels and restaurants in different parts of the city for not installing fire-fighting equipment and getting a fresh no-objection certificate.
The department also sealed one hospital and three commercial complexes which too had not adhered to the three notices served to the establishments in the past six months.
Most of the hotels and restaurants that have been sealed are near the railway station, while one hotel on Sumul Dairy Road, Udhna and Velanja each and two restaurants in Ichhapore were also sealed.
A hospital and a commercial complex in Velanja and two complexes in Vesu were sealed.
Fire officials said that they will continue their drive against hotels and restaurants that have not installed fire-fighting equipment in coming days too, as they dine-in with limited capacity will be allowed from Friday.
The state government has permitted dine-in for 50% of restaurants’ capacities from Friday between 9 am and 7 pm.