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Restaurant pest control in New Delhi, for NDMC and MCD areas alike.
Whether your outlet answers to NDMC in Connaught Place or to MCD in Chandni Chowk, the hygiene file an inspector opens is the FSSAI one, and that is the file our visits build. We work in Delhi kitchens after service, including the old market buildings where cockroaches and rats cross from one shop to the next.
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Quick answer
AHC runs pest control for Delhi restaurants, cafés, bars and cloud kitchens from our New Delhi office. A senior technician audits the kitchen free of charge; after that you get a written schedule and a fixed contract price, billed quarterly in advance with a GST invoice, with treatment rates from ₹1–2 per sq ft per service (minimum 800 sq ft). Every visit leaves a dated report, a chemical log and a bait-station map, kept to FSSAI's standard whichever civic body licenses your trade. Under the Make-It-Right Promise, give the treatment 2–4 weeks to work; if pests are still active after that, call or WhatsApp us and we revisit free.Delhi restaurant sites and what each one needs
Delhi's food businesses sit in buildings of every age, and the building decides where pests come from.
| Site type | Where you see it | What we usually find | How we handle it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shop-front kitchens in old lanes | Chandni Chowk, Paranthe Wali Gali and the lanes around them | Cockroaches along shared walls and old drains; rats from the lane | Kitchen plus shared wall voids and drain points; neighbours can book the same night |
| Upper-floor cafés above shops | Khan Market and other double-storey markets | Pests rising through shafts and stairwells; stock in former flats | Shaft openings, stair landings, racking lifted off the floor |
| Bars and cafés in an urban village | Hauz Khas Village | Rooftop kitchens and terraces, late closing | Rooftop drain checks, gel after the last guest, terrace fly control |
| Restaurants near the river | Majnu-ka-tilla, on the Yamuna bank by ISBT Kashmiri Gate | Often more mosquitoes and rats near the riverbank | Perimeter bait stations, monsoon mosquito control and breeding checks |
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Two civic bodies, one pest record
Since early 2026 Delhi has had two licensing regimes for restaurants.
| Body | What it has said | What it means for your pest records |
|---|---|---|
| NDMC | On 21 January 2026 it said FSSAI-registered restaurants and cafés need no separate health trade permit; the FSSAI licence counts as a deemed licence. Formal notification was still awaited in late February. | The FSSAI licence carries the hygiene weight, so keep the FSSAI-side pest file complete. |
| MCD | On 11 May 2026 it said the health trade licence "will continue, but in a revised form". Restaurants apply using the FSSAI certificate, with no separate inspection at application; about 80 of roughly 97 trade types, restaurants included, stay under it. MCD's deliberative wing still had to approve. | Plan for a health trade licence beside FSSAI. MCD states its aim as "the prevention and control of transmitted diseases and the maintenance of public health". |
| Delhi Police | The eating-house licence was scrapped, notified on 19 June 2025. | One licence fewer; no pest-control link. |
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FSSAI also inspects Delhi kitchens directly. In August 2026 its inspectors flagged cockroaches and inadequate pest control in the kitchens of two Aerocity five-star hotels and issued notices.
Whichever row applies, a dated pest-control file kept to FSSAI's standard serves both civic bodies. It shows what was done and when; nobody can promise how an inspection turns out.
Source: Storyboard18, 25 Feb 2026; Curly Tales citing HT, 12 May 2026; Restaurant Times, 23 Jun 2025; Daily Pioneer, 26 Aug 2026.
What Delhi's food safety guidance asks of a kitchen
The Delhi Food Safety Department hosts a pest-control note for food businesses. Its practical points:
- Food stacked "above the ground and away from walls".
- Infestations dealt with "immediately".
- "Records of pesticides / insecticides used along with dates and frequency" kept on file.
- Insect electrocuting units placed at least 1.5 m from food handling areas.
- Door threshold gaps of no more than 6 mm, with metal kick plates or rubber sheets.
- Food covered while any treatment is going on.
The note asks for "a trained service provider". Our technicians use CIB&RC-registered products as per label and fill in the chemical log each visit. At the audit we measure door gaps and check where fly-catcher units hang: fixes a manager can make within a week.
Source: Delhi Food Safety Department guidance, "Pest Control as in Food Safety Regulations" (newsletter 7/2012).
Old buildings: treat the block, not only your unit
Chandni Chowk dates from 1650, and three paratha shops in Paranthe Wali Gali have traded since the 1870s and 1880s. Khan Market was built in 1951 as a U-shaped, double-storey market with flats above the shops, most later turned into shops. Hauz Khas Village fits around 50 restaurants, bars and cafés into one urban village.
Here walls, drains and shafts are shared, and a kitchen treated alone can pick up cockroaches from next door within weeks. So in older markets we:
- map shared walls, drain runs and shafts at the audit, not only the space inside your shutter;
- offer neighbouring units a visit on the same night, each with its own report and its own invoice;
- put rodent stations at the lane entry and on stairs, where rats move between floors;
- list gaps you may not own, like broken drain covers and open pipe entries, for the landlord.
Source: Wikipedia, Paranthe Wali Gali, Khan Market and Hauz Khas Village (read 9 Oct 2026).
When diners and dengue teams look
In a LocalCircles survey of more than 6,000 Delhi diners across all 11 districts, 53% said they had seen pests or insects at restaurants. It's a customer survey, not an inspection, but it's the same customer who takes a photo at the table.
The monsoon brings a second kind of check. In July 2023 the Delhi government announced fines of up to ₹5,000 for mosquito breeding found at commercial premises. In restaurants, look at terrace planters, cooler and AC drip trays, and buckets behind the kitchen. From July to October each visit includes a breeding-spot check, with fogging of outdoor seating after closing when needed.
Source: ThePrint, 28 Aug 2026; Aaj Tak, 28 Jul 2023.
A Delhi restaurant contract
Typical starting points, set at the audit and changed if activity changes.
| Service | Where | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Gel and crack-and-crevice treatment | Cooking line, prep tables, cold room motor bays | Twice a month in busy kitchens; monthly in small cafés |
| Shared-wall and drain-run treatment | Party walls, drain runs, service shafts | Every visit in old-market buildings |
| Rodent stations, numbered | Lane-side entry, stairs, stockroom | Checked every visit |
| Door-gap and fly-unit check | Back door, service door, insect units | Every quarter |
| Breeding check and outdoor fogging | Terraces, rooftop seating, planters | July to October |
| Chimney hood and duct cleaning | Hood, filters, ducting | Set by grease load |
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The file you keep
Each visit leaves a dated report, a chemical log with CIB&RC numbers and the station map. Delhi outlets also get a one-page summary to file with the FSSAI licence and any civic trade licence you hold. Faults in shared parts of the building go on a landlord sheet. The full list of what businesses receive is on the industries page.
Prices
| Service | Price (incl. GST) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Pest control, kitchen and service areas | ₹1–2 per sq ft per service | Minimum 800 sq ft |
| Thermal fogging, terraces and rooftop seating | ₹1–2 per sq ft | Minimum ₹2,499 |
| Cold (ULV) fogging, dining rooms | ₹1.5–2.5 per sq ft | For flying insects indoors |
| Water tanks and sumps | ₹699–₹4,499 per tank | By size; 365-plan members get ₹149 off each extra tank on the same visit |
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Your contract price comes after the free audit and is billed quarterly in advance with a GST invoice. Full price list →
Delhi restaurant questions
My restaurant is in an NDMC area. Do I still need pest-control records?
Will MCD inspect my kitchen for pests when I apply for the health trade licence?
Can you treat the shop next door on the same night?
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