INDIAN restaurant owner Sohidul Hossain is carrying out his threat to paint his own yellow lines outside his curry house in Devizes two months after warning Wiltshire Council he would take action.

Mr Sohidul, who has run One Spice in Maryport Street for five years, said: "Enough is enough. I haven't heard anything from the council from them reinstating the lines and so I am now going to paint them myself.

"I have bought the paint and I don't care if they don't like it. They have just been ignoring me."

Mr Sohidul first contacted Wiltshire Council last summer after the road outside his business was resurfaced but the yellow lines were not painted back on. He said his trade is being affected as would-be customers are unable to see his business as traffic, including a large van, often parks outside.

After the Gazette contacted the council in December it responded by saying: “The yellow lines will be scheduled for repainting.”

But nothing has yet been done and on Tuesday Mr Sohidul started work. He said: "You can hardly see the sign of our restaurant if you drive past or even walk past.

“There is no doubt we are losing passing trade due to the gross negligence of the people concerned at the Wiltshire Council. It has been months since I raised the concern. Unfortunately, there has been no reply from the council.

“We feel ignored and devastated about the issue, despite paying £9,800 rates to the council. It is terribly upsetting when all the high street shops are shutting down. Both sides of our restaurant are already charity shops and local people do not like to see another charity shop in one row.”

He said insult had been added to injury as the council has forced him to replace one large rubbish bin with two smaller ones at a cost to him. He said: “It doesn’t seem fair.”

Mr Sohidul, who employs ten members of staff, said: "The council has had plenty of time to do something."

A spokesman for Wiltshire Council said: "“We are looking into this issue to see if it can be resolved and be added to our programme of work.”