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NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The UP government has allowed restaurants to open for dine-in, but the battle to stay afloat is far from over.
While most of the restaurants and pubs are still counting their losses from the two lockdowns in the past one year, a handful of them around 30 have had to be closed down in the city.
Market observers have already sounded the alarm bells, estimating that over 80% of the restaurants might have to go out of business in case there is another lockdown. Not just the restriction on timings or the number of visitors allowed at a time, high rentals, routine operational cost, staff shortage and difficulty in obtaining raw materials are some of the other debilitating factors that have hit the restaurant business hard.