Bangalore Sweatbox

From a story on the BMP (the city council) suddenly shutting down coffee kiosks:

The coffee shop industry is naturally dismayed. “The BMP didn’t give us any time to even gather our defences. They slapped us with a notice and asked us to down shutters immediately. We hold valid licences till 2007. They told us that it was cancelled. Apparently they’ve discovered a ‘new’ law that allows for a setback area for every building, in which one may not carry out any commercial activity through temporary structures. Permanent structures are okay, but not temporary. This is very foxing,” says one spokesperson.