new delhi new delhi municipal council ndmc on saturday directed restaurants not to use terrace and only utilise areas for which the council has issued them licence ndmc has warned that the licence would be cancelled if a restaurant or any other unit is found violating the order following a meeting of the market associations of the new delhi area the police and ndmcs licensing department a senior official said a fire safety advisory had been issued to the associations after the mumbai fire incident during new years eve markets like connaught place and khan market are flooded with people and it is important to follow the fire safety norms the meeting was called to discuss the measures required to be taken by all parties concerned he said all associations have been asked to install enough fire extinguishers and restaurants have been directed to take people as per their seating capacity many restaurants are found flouting the norms of licence by using the rooftop area to increase the seating capacity ndmc officials have been deployed in these markets to monitor the situation and the council will immediately cancel the licence of any entity found flouting this norm said the official atul bhargava president of new delhi traders association ndta said we welcome the step and have asked all traders at cp to strictly follow the safety norms along with ndmc it is our duty to ensure that the safety norms are followed sanjiv mehra president of khan market traders association said we asked all owners on friday itself to strictly follow the fire safety norms ndmc which had earlier banned use of terrace at cp restaurants following roof collapse at a shop and a restaurant will deploy fire brigade units at both cp and khan market as a precautionary measure cp houses around 200 food joints and restaurants mostly on first floor or above and khan market 35 the council has also directed the police and the market associations to ensure that no parking is allowed in noparking zones by mayank manohar tnn published on dec 31 2017 at 1148 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app new delhi traders association restaurants ndmc violating order terrace homenewsrestaurants cant use terrace ndmc