Satara: Mahabaleshwar Civic authorities have directed a private club to shut down its golf course ground after a video of entrepreneur Anil Ambani taking a walk there went viral on social media.
Mahabaleshwar Council chief officer Pallavi Patil has issued a notice wherein she has warned the private club authorities of action under the Disaster Management Act, Indian Penal Code, and Epidemic Diseases Act if they do not prohibit people from coming there for morning or evening walks during the prevailing restrictions.
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Anil Ambani is in Mahabaleshwar along with his wife Tina and children and was recently seen taking an evening walk at the golf course even though lockdown-like restrictions have been imposed in the state not allowing any such activity, sources told news agency PTI said.
"A video of Anil Ambani along with some family members taking a walk at the ground went viral on social media. After verifying the video, we slapped a notice on The Club, which owns the ground, instructing them to bar the entry of people coming for morning and evening walks," Ms. Patil said.
She added that the ground has been closed and the entry of people has been barred after the notice was issued.
An official said that the Ambanis had arrived in Mahabaleshwar way ahead of the recent Covid-induced lockdown-like were implemented. They have been living in a bungalow, he stated.
Located about 120 km southwest of Pune and 280 km from Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar is a vast plateau bound by valleys on all sides. It is the source of the Krishna river that flows across Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
As for the private club, the image going viral has surely invited more unwanted trouble than publicity amid the times of Covid ciris.