Indian Express 23.02.2010
Now, eateries come under civic body scanner
Ajay Khape Tags : german bakery blast Posted: Tuesday , Feb 23, 2010 at 0605 hrs
Pune: In the wake of the German Bakery blast, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has undertaken a survey across the city to get thousands of eateries in its jurisdiction registered, along with assessing the safety measures at the favourite spots. At present, only around 6,000 eateries, constituting about 25 per cent of the total, are registered with civic’s body’s health department.“The number of eating joints across the city has gone up and many of them are running without prior permission from the civic body. These joints are favourite meeting points for people and are most vulnerable for any criminal activity,” said R R Pardeshi, PMC Chief Medical Officer. It is mandatory for the eateries to take licence from the civic body, but hardly 6,000 of around 25,000 have taken the permission.
“A list of licenced, unlicenced and evening eating joints is being prepared. The civic body will crackdown on all the joints being illegally run in the PMC jurisdiction,” he said.
team of medical officers will register the eating joints in three months. The licences will be reviewed if the eating joints are not following the rules, Pardeshi said. After the survey, a meeting of the owners will be held.
Civic action will be applicable to malls and commercial establishments also. “The eating joints at the mall should also have their security measures at place considering the crowd there. The exercise will also be extended to the IT companies as they have canteens that cater to large number of people,” Pardeshi said.
The civic authorities said the city police should ensure that these eating joints follow the rules and shut down down at the set time
