Mangalore: MCC Officials Raid Shops, Hotels
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Daijiworld Media Network-Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, May 23: As per the orders of Dr K Harish Kumar, commissioner of Mangalore city corporation (MCC), the officials along with the environment engineer Manjunath R Shetty and other health inspectors paid a surprise visit to most of the hotels, shops and petty vendors here in the city on Wednesday, May 23.
The officials closed down some shops for running business without the license issued from the municipality. They were also penalized and were asked to run the shop only after getting the license from MCC.
Apart from the examination of licenses, the inspectors took the hotel owners to task. In the first visit, no penalty was imposed to the hotel owners but they were warned to observe proper measures for cleanliness. If the hotel owners don’t learn from the warning, the license would be taken back and penalty will be imposed, the officials said.
The raid was carried out even to the 'bhel puri dhabas' and those petty shops where fruits are cut and sold. They warned them to maintain the proper measures of cleanliness.
Speaking to Daijiworld, Inspector Bharath Kumar said that the raid will go on in the city permanently to regulate the proper practices. The raid was conducted in places like Athavar and Hampankatte.
In addition, mobile, general and grocery shops were also raided.
Sanitation inspectors Sushan, Santhosh, Karunakar, Babu Mallana, Yashwanth and Bharath Kumar among others were part of the team which carried out the raid.