Actor and social worker Sonu Sood has told BMC that he has shut down his lodging and boarding facility at Shiv Sagar building in Juhu. The BMC had asked the actor to stop the hotel business on grounds that it was a residential space. While Sood had made multiple attempts to get the business regularised, they were rejected owing to CRZ and other restrictions.

In a letter to the BMC, the actor said, “I would like to inform you that we have discontinued the activity of lodging/boarding in the existing 1st to 6th floors of the under reference building (Shiv Sagar) and henceforth the building shall be used only for residential purpose. The necessary work for addition/ alteration/restoration of the building is also under progress. However, due to the pandemic situation, there is an issue of labor shortage, hence the work is going on slowly.”