New Delhi: The restaurant owner and bar in Delhi on Tuesday declared disappointed on DDMA’s decision to suspend eating facilities in the city and said many businesses might have to close the store because Takeaway services only could not cover expenses such as rental salaries and staff.
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They said it was an “injustice” that the restaurant and bar in the city was closed when an open roadside restaurant and the Metro train ran with full capacity.
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Delhi News Tive Manpreet Singh Update, Treasurer of the National Restaurant Association of India (Nray), said the restaurant and bar had not fully recovered from previous key setbacks and this fresh restriction would only worsen many things.
“Nearly 30 percent of restaurants and bars are closed forever during previous locking and this limitation will further encourage the business down.
This will lead to the closure of more companies.
Moreover, the takeaway service in the restaurant cannot even be closed daily fees “Singh said.
There is no restaurant or bar owner who can pay lakh rupees in rent, tax and employee salaries unless the business runs with full capacity, he said.
“This (the latest restriction) will make a large dent in the restaurant business and bar.
The authorities must reconsider this decision.
Political parties hold a poll campaign, Highway Dhabas open, roadside restaurants also function but only restaurants and bars anywhere The Covid protocol was followed by ax, “he regretted.
Singh also alleged that the Delhi government did not issue feedback to employees of restaurant engaged in home delivery services.
DDMA on Monday ordered the closure of restaurants and bars in the city, allowing only shipping and takeaway services.
The limitations came after a steep increase in the case of Covid-19 and its omicron variant throughout the city.
Until Monday, the restaurant was allowed to operate eating facilities at 50 percent of their seating capacity from 8am to 10pm.
The bar in the city is also allowed to open with a capacity of 50 percent seating from 12 noon to 10 nights.
Raman Bajaj, who managed the restaurant and bar in South Delhi, appealed to DDMA to reconsider the decision and said it would “damage” the industry and resulted in unemployment.
Most restaurants and bars in Delhi follow the Covid guide because they take care of social distance norms, check the guest temperature and clean the equipment, but still, they are closed, he said.
“Many restaurants do not have a takeaway facility.
Such companies will be closed.
Those who provide home delivery facilities must cut their staff to manage expenses.
Such decisions will leave many unemployed people and destroy businesses,” he added.
The President of the New Delhi Trader Association Atul Bhargava said the authorities did not consult with traders before making such decisions.
“We have taken a bad blow.
All of our savings have run the show.
We have paid taxes, rent, salaries of our employees on time but still, our company is closed,” he said.
Bhargava claims the government and authorities have failed to control the crowd, and other restaurants and businesses must bear the burden.
“We want to survive and also support the government but there must be a practical solution.
On the one hand, you say the residence of a low hospital bed and on the other hand, you turn off the restaurant.
This is injustice,” he said.
Delhi on Monday recorded 17 deaths again due to Covid-19 and 19,166 infections with a 25 percent peponynity level, the highest since May 4 last year, according to official data.
To curb the spread of viral diseases, many restrictions include strange settings even for markets, night hours and weekend curvacts have been enforced in the city.
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