Hauz Khas Village {and our weekend plans} just suffered a mighty shockwave as 21 bars and restaurants were ordered to be shut down pertaining to a lack of proper licensing and approval under environmental laws. The water and power supply to the eateries was also terminated with immediate effect.
Earlier this month, the restaurants were issued a warning in the form of a show-cause notice but the owners and restaurant authorities didn’t manage to respond to it. Multiple other violations that include running kitchens without installing a grease trap, running take away restaurant, and serving food in disposable plates were also spotted by the environmental laws committee of the national capital. The whole shut down scenario sprouted from a PIL {Public Interest Litigation} filed against the eateries for not having proper safety and fire hazard precautions in place and, upon conducting, only a handful passed the safety tests.
The instantaneous sealing of the bars and restaurants has uprooted over 700 jobs and a silent protest to ‘Save HKV’ took place on Saturday. Here’s the list of the 21 restaurants that have been shut down:
Welcome Point
Wai Wai City
ELF Cafe and Lounge
Bulldogs
Speedy Chef
New York Slice
Chaayos
Cafe High5
Capsule by Pink Room
Levels
Play @ 30
Darjeeling Kitchen
Food Factory
The Big Burrp Theory
Bombay Velvet
Ali Baba Caves
Wow! Momo
Village Balcony
Rehab Gastro
The Frat House
Any of your favourites on the list? What do your alternative weekend plans look like?
We first read about this here.