Overview
- City officials directed hotels and restaurants to remove words like pork, beef, chicken and mutton from business names and signboards.
- The Itanagar Municipal Corporation said it will stop issuing new trade licences to eateries that use meat-referencing names.
- Existing licence holders must switch to general business names under the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 2019.
- Owners have 10 days to update signage and promotional materials or face action under municipal bylaws and other laws.
- The order, signed by Joint Commissioner Datum Gadi, assigns designated officials to monitor compliance across the city.