The Hindu 29.10.2013
Multiplex, shops at Phoenix mall sealed
Nine screens of PVR multiplex besides 54 shops at
Phoenix MarketCity mall in Mahadevapura limits here were sealed here on
Monday for not having obtained trade licences from the Bruhat Bangalore
Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
K.N. Devaraj, Joint
Commissioner of the Mahadevapura zone, said a team comprising the deputy
health officer and the health inspector of the zone inspected the mall
and sealed the shops.
Although there was initial
resistance, shopkeepers had no choice but to allow the officers to close
their premises, an official said.
Mr. Devaraj added,
“The owners seemed to be ignorant about the licences…This drive was
conducted to send a strong message to other business establishments to
obtain trade licenses.”
A press release issued by the
BBMP said officials were going to inspect eight more malls and business
establishments in the zone. The release added that the shops and the
multiplex at Phoenix MarketCity could function once they paid the
requisite fees and submit applications for fresh trade licences.
BBMP says they have not obtained trade licences.
