Want to know what is happening inside a restaurant kitchen before your food reaches the table? Ahmedabad may soon give diners a way to see it for themselves. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has directed 11,123 restaurants and food businesses to install CCTV cameras in their kitchens and show the live footage on screens visible to customers. The idea is to make food preparation more transparent and encourage better hygiene.
Ahmedabad Wants Diners To See Inside Kitchens
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has asked over 11,000 restaurants and food businesses to install CCTV cameras in kitchens and display the live feed for diners.
Transparency may just be the best hygiene inspector. Time to take this pan-India? pic.twitter.com/LSiJXS6mm2— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) August 21, 2026
Industrialist Harsh Goenka shared the Ahmedabad initiative on He wrote, “The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has asked over 11,000 restaurants and food businesses to install CCTV cameras in kitchens and display the live feed for diners.”
He then added, “Transparency may just be the best hygiene inspector. Time to take this pan-India?”
The move comes as the civic body tightens food safety inspections. Action has already been taken against food businesses over problems such as insect-infested flour, adulterated products, and unhygienic conditions. Serious violations could even lead to cancellation of a business's license. Harsh Goenka believes the idea could work beyond Ahmedabad and be introduced across India.
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People Online Want It Across India
Many people responding to his post supported the idea. One person called it a good move and said CCTV should be mandatory for restaurants across the country, adding that hygiene inspectors are rarely seen. Another suggested that restaurants could simply have open kitchens so customers can watch food being prepared themselves.
Some people also called for tougher action against food safety violations. One commenter said food adulteration and stale food should be treated as serious crimes. They also called for better supply-chain accountability and proper training and certification for restaurant staff on hygiene and cleanliness.
However, not everyone was completely sold on the idea. One person worried that restaurants could use the cost of installing and running CCTV as a reason to increase prices for customers. Another made a similar point, saying that if such a system is introduced across India, its costs could eventually be passed on to consumers.
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And then there was the more practical question: Do diners actually want to watch the kitchen while eating? One commenter joked that watching the kitchen could be a “sure fire way to douse those digestive juices.” They pointed out that even a hygienic kitchen can look messy because it is still a workplace.
Interestingly, one commenter compared restaurants with food stalls in Hyderabad. They said they often see stalls outside IT companies serving idli, dosa, and poori at night and claimed they sometimes trust these stalls more than proper restaurants.
The discussion also highlighted how hygiene should not become an extra-cost feature. One person said restaurants should not increase prices by claiming they are taking “extra precautions.”