At the same time, the Restaurant and Hoteliers Association in the city claims that rules, whether from the police or the entrainment duty department, are becoming so stringent that since last year the number of New Year parties has drastically gone down. MiD DAY tries to find out exactly what problems the hoteliers and police face.

Talking it out: (From left) Kishor Sarpotdar, secretary, Pune Restaurants and Hoteliers Association, Ganesh Shetty, president, Pune Restaurants and Hoteliers Association, and DCP (Zone IV) Manoj Patil at an interaction with the editorial team in the MiD DAY office yesterday. Pic/Krunal Gosavi