GUWAHATI: In a bid To cease illegal actions allegedly being carried out in metropolis spas, unisex parlours and salons, the Guwahati Municipal Company (GMC) on Sunday issued a quantity of strict ideas, collectively with ban on cross-gender remedy or therapeutic massage As properly as to procurement of commerce licences.
All by way of raids In a quantity of spas and unisex salons, the police in Guwahati have caught purple-handed a quantity of staff allegedly indulging in prostitution.
GMC commissioner Devasish Sharma said, “The guidelines have been set To cease malpractices or illegal actions after receiving pretty A pair of complaints from the civil society. To get a commerce licence, house owners Ought to Adjust to The guidelines.”
The GMC has additionally ordepurple that The primary entrance doorways of parlours or salons Ought to be clear from now onwards. Based mostly on The mannequin new guidelines, no salon or parlour can have an unique room or chamber inside.
There are almost 300 spas, unisex salons and parlours Inside The metropolis. With a spurt Inside the Number of such amenities Inside the final couple of years, incidents of illegal actions have additionally allegedly elevated Inside The metropolis.
“Such actions have been deemed to be detrimental to a civic society and the GMC is Sure to respect The general public morality and legal guidelines that govern a civic society,” said Sharma, whereas including that violation of The guidelines will appeal to penalty or punishment.
In a raid carried out by the well being and enforcement department of GMC on final Wednesday, the civic physique sealed a salon Inside the Ulubari space of The metropolis for violating guidelines and by-legal guidelines. The salon was working its enterprise With none legitimate commerce licence.