died as investors pulled out corners were cut and customers stopped coming in explains chowdhuryindustry experts feel that if the rules are laid down clearly at least restaurants that want to apply for the same can do so urging the government to be more flexible in giving permissions reginald corbett general secretary hotels and restaurants association of telangana state explained current permitted timings only 5star hotels can run their coffee shops 24x7 standalone restaurants can serve till 11pm but by 12am they should shut shop if they serve alcohol then on friday and saturday the establishment can serve till 12am and by 1am shut shop corbett said adding that flexibility is the need of the hour for instance if it professionals work 24x7 then they should allow restaurants nearby their facilities to be open so that they dont have to travel all the way to eat the association had in fact recently appealed for industry status to the government to bring in benefits of ease of doing businessmeanwhile amidst the lack of a framework the unesco gastronomy tag that the city worked so hard for takes a beating i came to hyderabad about eight years ago and the reliable night food places are still the same there is only dlf and maybe one in the old city which is ram ki bandi people definitely are looking for food late in the night and many want to take up ventures in this space but the process of getting approval from ghmc fire police and then the uncertainty of timings after all the effort is keeping people away says atul maharaj a food and lifestyle bloggerinsiders say to live up to the tag of a gastronomical city the industry also needs labour guidelines food safety guidelines and guidelines on timings to fully exploit the potentialhyderabad is one of the top four cities in mice tourism meetings incentive conference and exhibitions we constantly show the world our potential through our mice tourism infrastructure and ask them to invest so we ought to have infrastructure to support and be as attractive as a 24x7 city or at least a city with fixed rules adds chowdhury