nathanwe are close to shutting shopthe situation is so grim that the moment you enter a pub in the cbd the first thing you are told even without asking anything is a dry we dont serve alcohol here nelson name changed manager of a oncehappening pub on church street says we are very close to shutting shop and vacating the premises how can you expect businesses modeled on alcohol to survive if they ban it altogether that too in a prime location like church street where rentals are sky high weve had to let go of most of our staff early last month people who werent aware of the ban used to visit and end up eating here on that pretext but now everyone knows about it so no one even makes plans to visit this part of towngovernment not serious about helping us outriyaaz amlani president national restaurant association of india says that the issues could be easily resolved but the government just does not seem to be interested in doing anything about it staff is being laid off every day and business has been hit hard and all because the state government is hesitant to carry out the clerical job of denotifying roads running through the city as highways it is a simple matter for the government we are now going to approach the court and let it direct the government to act he says