Bengaluru, Jun 26: The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday came up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for restaurants whereby among other physical distancing norms, it has suggested a 2-metre gap between tables.
Formulated in partnership with Releski, a Bengaluru based skill-tech company, the SoP suggests that in case of back-to-back seating, people sitting with their backs towards each other will have their seats divided by 'Plexiglass' divider raised up to 2 meters from the ground.
"In a typical restaurant, the improvised seating plan should have a minimum distance of 2 metres between tables. The distance of 2 metres (6 feet) between tables should measure from one edge of the table to the other table's edge," it said.
In case of loose or free seating such as in banquet style or food court style seating, a minimum 2 meters of distance should be maintained between tables.
The guidelines noted that, to encourage physical distancing, restaurants have to sacrifice their seating capacity, to promote health and safety, and also to gain trust from their patrons.
"In order to perform this, divide your restaurants under different sectors. Pull out your restaurant's floor plan and colour code different sections red and yellow. Red sections are potential areas where maximum footfall or traffic is observed. Yellow sections are areas where the footfalls are average," it said.
All the red sections are encircled or bordered by placing barricades or Q manager and will open at specific points to access the yellow section and all the opening points will have hand sanitisers and sprays, and every guest who walks from red zones to yellow zones will sanitise himself/herself to reduce the chances of contamination.
For air conditioning, the guidelines of CPWD shall be followed which inter alia emphasises that the temperature setting of all air conditioning devices should be in the range of 24-30 degree Celsius, relative humidity should be in the range of 40- 65 per cent, intake of fresh air should be as much as possible and cross ventilation should be adequate, the guidelines suggested.
The industry body has also suggested appointment of a COVID-free Ambassador who would operate as the Chief Health Officer within the restaurant team, preferably from the management team in each shift.
The ambassador's would put the new daily work routines into practice, to monitor compliance with good practice and to lead the preventative measures, adapt to health & safety recommendations and requirements of the restaurant and oversee the implementation of the norms.
Anurag Katriar, President of NRAI and CEO & Executive Director of deGustibus Hospitality, said: "Every restaurant cutting across formats is facing the harsh reality of subdued to shut business volumes in the present and the uncertainty of business environment in the future. One thing is certain that hygiene and safety will be a key differentiator in the post-pandemic restaurant operations."
Mangaluru, Mar 15: A 32-year-old lecturer accused of sexually harassing a girl student was found dead at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk on Monday night.
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Condolences. The content of the news is correct. However his age is not 32. He was above 40. I know him very well. He was suffering from some psychological illness.
Dear Kuswanth,Please dont call chaddi,now changed chaddi and brought new langa,
Really very Sad News, My Heartiest Condolences, may his soul rest in peace. we are loosing young educated, energetic, citizens one by one, Where are you BJP, Bajrangi, Chaddi criminals, you have your Moral Police where are you Goons???? you Buffoon Dodanna fingering to our Great Bhatta no good, he is servant to Innocents, you are correct about him, once Investigation only the real culprit Identifying, but lost was lost, try to keep peace in the region,
Where are you Sharan Goon? go there man do some thing, looks you might be in Mysore to start Looting this is the time you Criminal looters do!!!!!
Jai hoo Siddaramanna.
No doubt this is a pre-planned murder some one has paid lumsum amount superior to kill Harish. Police must arrest first that Bhatta chassis and carry our fair investigation. For money prahakara will do anything.
Jai Ho Karnataka
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