As per the announcement made by the Home Minister Mr. R. R. Patil, Hotels in Nashik, Pune and Aurangabad can operate till 1.30 AM.
As per the old rule, Hotels can operate till 12 AM only. To keep hotel open after that required a special permission of concerned authorities.
But in the neighboring states of Maharashtra, hotels are allowed till 2 AM. We can say that by taking inspiration from this, Maharashtra government would have taken this step but Mr. Patil is denying any kind of influence of other states. He said that Maharashtra is trying to match the standards of other developed countries.
According to his words,” Due to change in lifestyle where people usually works late nights and changing demographics in above cities its necessary to grant this kinds of permissions”.