Most of the diseases start from the mouth. Eating a balanced diet is not only enough for maintaining good health but hygienic food is important to keep infections at bay. Many nations are focusing on health and hygiene to increase the life span of their citizens. It is unfortunate that some restaurants, hotels, and bakery shops in our valley are serving unhygienic food to consumers for a long time. The kitchens are so dirty and unhygienic. Chefs in hotels do not clean the food before preparing it. We rarely see them wearing hand gloves while cooking whereas the bakers bake confectioneries with dirty hands and even leftover food is sold to the people confidently. The table on which the food is served looks so clean but in reality, it is poisonous. Customers trust the hoteliers and the street vendors and in return, they are been served bad food. People pay for food and bakery on time but they don’t know what they are serving to the innocent people. Bakery shops are kneading the dough with feet without the public knowing about it. Customers are being deceived in the name of hygienic and healthy food. Not only this but people in the valley consume street food in large quantities which can cause major health risks. Most of the street vendors don’t cover the eatables. Therefore, dust flying on these food stalls makes the people sick in the long run. The General public knows that the food they are eating is contaminated but instead of reporting to the police station, they blindly consume it. Though the food and police department has sealed many shops till now people don’t seem to correct themselves. They continue to doing the same mistake again and again. Just to run their so-called shops, they are breaking the trust bond of their consumers. Is this the way of representing Kashmir?Shame on such people who don’t think before they act. It gives a bad impression not only to the people of Kashmir but the tourists who are visiting every year. It is heartwrenching that the thinking of people has not changed yet. People don’t want to correct themselves. They are on the wrong track. Food served under unhygienic conditions can cause chronic health issues. People must not buy eatables from shops but prepare food at home. We request the hotel heads and the bakery shop owners to keep a regular check on basic hygiene. They must hire neat and clean employees so that the General public trusts them completely and people stay in good health. The administration must take strict action against those who violate laws and keep an eye on such kinds of people.
