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Maharashtra Announces Guidelines, Timings For Bars And Restaurants

Hotels, food courts, restaurants and bars in Maharashtra have been allowed to resume operations from Oct. 5 at 50% capacity.

Customers sit next to a bar counter at the Aer rooftop bar at the Four Seasons Hotel against the city skyline in Mumbai. (Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg)
Customers sit next to a bar counter at the Aer rooftop bar at the Four Seasons Hotel against the city skyline in Mumbai. (Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg)

Restaurants and bars in Maharashtra can remain open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. or as directed by municipal commissioners or district collectors, the state government said in a letter to industry bodies on Wednesday.

Hotels, food courts, restaurants and bars in the state have been allowed to resume operations from Oct. 5 at 50% capacity or as prescribed by local authorities.

“It is hereby informed that the restaurants and bars will remain open from 8:00 am and close at 10:00 pm sharp, or as directed by the respective municipal commissioners or district collectors (depending on the prevalent situation of Covid-19 pandemic),” Dr. Dhananjay Savalkar, joint director (tourism), said in the letter issued on Wednesday.

He also said that all the stakeholder restaurants and bars from the state need to follow the timings compulsorily.