Chandigarh: Hospitality body wants hotels, restaurants open till 11pm

CHANDIGARH: While the UT administration has proposed to continue with night curfew in the Unlock 3.0, Chandigarh Hospitality Association (CHA) president Ankit Gupta demanded that hotels and restaurants be allowed to operate till at least 11pm.
UT adviser Manoj Parida said that they would hold a meeting on Friday and take a final call on night curfew timings. The association has also submitted to the UT administration and the ministry of home affairs (MHA) that while issuing Unlock 3.0 orders, the MHA has generalised the word “bars”.
The association submitted that alcohol services, due to guest demand, were an integral part of hospitality services. It said alcohol services were provided in a hospitality outlet in different areas like room service, a la carte restaurants, lounges, pubs and bars and at larger gatherings, such as banquets and nightclubs. The association concurred that in the current situation, it may not be a good idea to serve alcohol at nightclubs and banquets and the nomenclature in government order should be changed from bars to nightclubs.
In its unlock 3.0 order, the MHA has continued to prohibit opening of bars.