The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has granted permission to set up a kitchen and dining facility for in lodging and boarding guest houses. It is expected that around 1200 guest houses in the city will be benefitted from this move.
According to MCD officials, it was the long pending demand of the guest house owners which has been taken into consideration and on the basis of the MCD has given its nod for the same.
The customers who will be staying in the guest houses do not have to go anywhere for the food, as they will be able to get good quality cooked food in the guest house itself, he said.
The civic body will check the kitchens set up by these establishments to ensure that the cleanliness and quality of the food are maintained,” he said.
The holders of the establishments do not have to pay any additional charges to the MCD for setting up the cooking facilities in the guest houses as the civic body is allowing them to run it as an additional service with the current license,” the official said.
Giving details about the capacity of the kitchens, he said that the capacity of the dining facility will be according to the guest rooms in the establishments. They will not take any contracts for the wedding, birthday parties, etc, they will only be able to cook food for the guest staying on the premises.
For availing the license for running a boarding establishment in the city, “The owners of the guest houses will be able to get the Health trade license on fulfillment of requisite terms and conditions from the Public Health department of the civic body,” he said.
“All other permission related to sanction of building plan and fire NOC should also be in order for granting of the health trade license. This facility was available in erstwhile SDMC; now the policy has been made uniform across all the zones of the MCD,” the official said.
“The Corporation will provide licenses to guest houses for catering to the needs of in-house guests. The number of seats in the dining hall should be equal to the number of beds permitted in the guest house and PNG connection will be mandatory for running the kitchen,” he said.