Every Saturday, inspectors designated at each of 24 wards would conduct a lottery on random sampling method and pick names of hotels and restaurants where checks have to be conducted, without informing their owners, the BMC stated in a release today.
Necessary action will be taken if lapses are found, it added.
The move came against the backdrop of the BMC commissioner asking his officials to conduct the raids more transparently.
The city has 50 starred hotels and 1,679 first class restaurants spreading across 24 wards. K-East (16) and K-West (11) have most of the starred hotels while K-West (198) and H-West (142) have most of the first class hotels.
"In total, there are 1,729 hotels and first class restaurants in the city and inspectors have been asked to carry out the inspection in such a way that all the hotels and restaurants get inspected at least once in three months," said a senior BMC official entrusted with the job of supervising the inspection drive.