Puri, Aug 5: The district administration will be sealing the 20 hotels operating in Puri on Saturday which were earlier served with the closure notices by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). The administration has asked the tourists staying in these hotels, to vacate the hotels by today evening.
Pink House, Genesis Hotel, Radhika Resort, Hotel Dial Ring, Surya Beach Inn on Chakratirtha road, Hotel Tara, Omm, Marina Beach Resort, Hotel Grand, New Hotel Apollo, Mallika Bhawan on Sea Beach road, Hotel Nitai Kunj, New Malancha, Kajurina House, Taxibadi Lodging, Madan Jilla in Gouda Bada sahi and Hari Parbati, Chandrama and Hotel Surya Garden on Gopala Ballabhava road are the hotels which have been given the closure notices.
Notably, OSPCB had served the closure notices on these hotels on the directive of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), for running their business without taking the consent to operate the business from the Board.