mumbai the maharashtra cabinet on wednesday approved its mumbai 24 hours policy allowing malls multiplexes and shops to remain open roundtheclock in the city from january 27noting that londons night economy was five billion pounds state tourism minister aaditya thackeray told reporters here after the cabinet meeting that the governments decision could help generate more revenue and jobs in addition to the existing 5 lakh people working in the service sector he also said keeping shops malls and eateries open in the night was not mandatoryonly those who feel they can do good business can keep their establishments open throughout the night he said advt in the first phase shops eateries and theatres in malls and mill compounds situated in nonresidential areas will be allowed to remain openin the bandra kurla complex and nariman point near ncpa a lane will be opened for food trucks food inspectors will keep a watch on them if rules on solid waste management decibel limits and law and order are violated there is provision of lifetime ban the shiv sena leader saidhe said the police force will not be under stress because after 130 am their job till now was to check if shops and establishments were shut downbut now they will be able to focus on law and order only said the minister who is son of chief minister uddhav thackerayhe also said that while taking the decision excise rules have not been touched and pubs and bars will close as usual at 130ampeople can eat food shop and watch movies even during the night he saidhe said mumbai is a 24x7 functional city there are people who work in night shifts there are tourists too in transit where do they go if they are hungry after 10 pm he askedthackeray also said there are provisions for security and cctvs in malls and mill compounds and they have all the licenses if these establishments need additional police security they will have to pay for it he added advt asked about criticism from the bjp over this move the minister said the maharashtra vikas aghadi government was working to fulfil peoples aspirationsthe bjp is against the youth seeing the way they are handling students he said referring to the recent violence in delhis jnu and jamia millia islamia pti published on jan 22 2020 at 0352 pm 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 mumbai 24x7 mumbai bandra kurla complex pubs aaditya thackeray homenewsits official mumbai