This announcement was made by District Collector Dinesan Cheruvat on Wednesday, following an incident where a family of four became stranded 150 feet above ground in a sky-dining restaurant due to a technical malfunction of the crane that supported them.
The family, which included two young children, was eventually rescued by fire and rescue teams.
A legal case has since been filed against the operators of a sky-dining establishment located in Anachal.
The FIR states that the restaurant was functioning without regard for public safety.
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The case has been registered under section 125 (endangering human lives) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 118(e) (actions posing a danger to public safety) of the Kerala Police Act.
A stop memo was issued to the restaurant after it was found to be operating without a license from the local authority.
Cheruvat stated on Wednesday that the establishment had not yet provided the required documents for the permissions necessary from various authorities to conduct such operations.
“They need approvals from the Revenue department, fire and rescue, electrical wing, and even the panchayat,” he mentioned.
The Collector added that the sky-dining restaurant began operations in October, and if the Adventure Tourism authority had permitted them to operate without the required permissions, “that would be inappropriate.”
“I will request a report from them regarding this matter,” he noted.
In the long run, after the local body elections, a comprehensive list of such establishments in each panchayat of the district will be compiled, and any operating without the necessary permits will be prohibited from functioning, Cheruvat concluded.
