12-hour bandh: Hotels, restaurants in South India are protesting GST rates

In Tamil Nadu alone, around 2 lakh food outlets were closed causing a loss of around Rs 150 cr

Several food outlets in South India have closed down and joined the protest against the 12 to 28 per cent GST rate levy on the sector. The Tamil Nadu hotels and restaurants association and the South Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) had declared a 12-hour bandh for Tuesday to mark their protest against the fixed rates.

Outlets remained closed in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Karnataka.

While most hotels and restaurants in Chennai remained closed, thereby, adhering to the associations'call for bandh from 6 am to 6 pm, some make-shift food joints continued work as usual.

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