Mumbaikars asked not to eat roadside food

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 14:08

Tags: Mumbaikars, Roadside food

Mumbai: In order to prevent the spread of diseases like jaundice and gastroenteritis (GI), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed Mumbaikars to stay away from eating roadside food.

"We appeal to people to not eat and drink from the roadside stalls due to hygienic reasons. They are of not good quality. During summer there is rise in the cases of gastroenteritis, jaundice and hepatitis primarily due to unhygienic drinks and food," BMC executive health officer GT Ambe said.

We understand that people are tempted to have them but they must understand that it invites disease, he said.

The civic body's License and Health Department is jointly taking action against the roadside stalls for not maintaining hygienic conditions.

"We are carrying out joint action on roadside stalls. We seize their handcarts and other materials and they are asked to pay fine for getting it released," Ambe said.

PTI

First Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 14:08

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Dhiren Joshi - West Africa
IT LOOKS LIKE HAFTAS ARE NOT REACHING TO TOP OFFICERS AT THE BMC OFFICES THATS WHY THIS CONCERN FOR MUMBAIKARS .

BMC IS WORLD`S MOST CORRUPT CIVIC BODY.

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saima bi - uae
Instead of telling people not to eat or drink from road side vendors, the BMC should see that these hawkers are not allowed to set up their small businesses on road side. The smell of food draws anyone, whether you are hungry or no and at that time it is your mouth that gets greedy and not the head, to think about the consequences. BMC please clean up the roads, it is indeed in the betterment of the people and the city. At the same time educate these small business people to do it in a healthy manner/atmosphere such as cleaniness, hygiene, wearing gloves while handling food items and using clean water to wash and cook.

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preeti - delhi
to fine the poor is not the solution . they should be taught the significance of hygiene and cleanliness for their small business(as healthy customer will come back to eat) and specially how to maintain it,like use of gloves for serving clean water for preparation .covering there container to prevent dust and insects and last and most important keep maintain personal hygiene( e.g washed hands )

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Rohit - Kolkata
Well said Venkataraman.. This are all politics... On one side the BMC said this thing... on the other side party use to collect money from the hawker on daily basis..

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Aam Adami - Mumbai
Mr. Venkataram, your comments are perfectly right. But them who will give `` malai`` to those BMC people if hawkers are not allowed to occupy the public places. After all, if at central level, 2G etc can happen at will of those in power, how BMC can stay without malai ??

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venkataraman - Mumbai
My response to the last para in the article - IF BMC releases the seized handcards and other materials, these hawkers to make up for the loss will use still further inferior materials. Best way is to stop them from occupying the footpaths or any other place on the streets of Mumbai. Just don`t allow them to spoil the health of Mumbaikars!