Hotels oppose uniform price fiat

Kathmandu February 26- The local administration’s plan to set uniform prices of foods served by hotels and restaurants along the Prithvi Highway has landed in controversy. The administration had last month issued directives to the hotels and restaurants to reduce their menu prices by 20-25 percent and set uniform prices, following complaints the eateries had been overcharging travellers.

However, hotel and restaurant owners have said the administration’s move is aimed at regulating hoteliers only. “It’s unfair to force the hotels and restaurants to cut their menu prices. The move is aimed at displacing us,” said Raj Kumar Pyakurel, president of District Hotel Entrepreneurs Association.

There are more than 600 tourist-standard hotels and restaurants along the 83km Jogimara-Naubise section of the Highway in Dhading.