How Hyderabad's 'Kumari Aunty's' Food Stall Escaped Shutdown

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed the DGP not to move the food stall of Kumari Aunty in Hyderabad. Earlier, social posts of Raidurgam traffic police asking Kumari Aunty to move her stall elsewhere because it was obstructing the traffic in the IT sector area in Madhapur went viral. So the Telangana government decided to step in and CM Reddy is even going to visit Kumari Aunty's stall soon to support small businesses that help in dealing with poverty. Read on to learn more about Kumari Aunty's food stall. 

Kumari Aunty's food stall, located at ITC Kohinoor, remains crowded by people who reach there during lunchtime. However, on Tuesday, the traffic police penalised the vehicles parked near the food stall. Citing the reason behind this, Inspector Ganesh Patel said, "About 200 people, most of them YouTubers, come here every day between 12 and 2 p.m. to shoot videos and park their vehicles around the stall, leading to congestion." He further added, "She has not received any permit to run the stall."

Telangana CM's Intervention Rescues 'Kumari Aunty's' Food Stall

He further added that although the police were not authorised to move her stall, they decided to fine the vehicles parked at the stall for "wrong parking" to deal with the traffic. 

Hon’ble CM Sri @Revanth_Anumula garu directed the @TelanganaDGP&MAUD to rescind their decision to shift #KumariAunty a streetside eatery. She will stay in her place. Prajala Palana means the govt stands by entrepreneurs. Congress govt will stand by poor & visit her stall shortly

— ayodhyareddy_boreddy_cprocm (@ayodhyareddyb73) January 31, 2024

However, as per reports, the traffic police asked Kumari Aunty to close her stall for a week and seek assistance from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to find a better place for her stall. But Kumari Aunty alleged that it is not fair to ask her to close her business to streamline the traffic. To this end, the police said that there were 10 other stalls in the area, but each of them had a stay order from the High Court. And so the police couldn't move their stalls. 

Kumari Aunty's food stall, led by Sai Kumari, became popular on social media after posting a video on ‘Two Livers Extra. That’s a Rs 1,000 order”. Many YouTubers and Instagram influencers record videos of her stall. In fact, celebrities also visit her stall for promotions. She has been running her stall for 13 years. Now that the police have asked her to move the stall, her husband is very upset and considers that media popularity led to the closure.