Kathmandu. A hotel in Deukhuri area has been fined for serving stale food to passengers. Chief of the Office of Food Technology and Quality Control, Padam Baral, said that the East-West Highway Hotel of Masuriya of Rapti rural municipality-3 along the East-West Highway was fined Rs 25,000.

A team of Food Technology and Quality Control Office led by Assistant Chief District Officer Sabitra Pun imposed the fine of Rs 25,000.

Baral said that the team fined the hotel for unhygienic food, storing stale food, using artificial colors in the cooked food, not having a proper structure of the kitchen, not pasting the price list, accumulating dirty water in the drain and foul smell in the kitchen.

According to Baral, the team reached the hotel again for monitoring after the directive to upgrade the hotel from time to time in the past as well. As before, the monitoring team imposed the fine after there was no improvement this time.

The District Administration Office has been directed to submit the fine within a week and also to submit the documents. The team also monitored seven hotels in Deukhuri area on Friday.