People complain of ‘unhygienic’ quarantine center in Kathua

SRINAGAR — Hundreds of travelers, including students, who have arrived in Jammu and Kashmir from last few days alleged that that they have been kept in “unhygienic quarantine centers” which poses a big threat to their lives.

A group of travelers said over phone that after arriving from outside, they have been bundled in “unhygienic rooms” in Kathua.

“We have been kept in unhygienic rooms and it seems we may die before our quarantine is completed,” said Shafat Ahmad, a resident of central Kashmir.

He said over 200 persons belonging to different areas of Kashmir have been kept in 30 rooms at Kathua campus of Jammu University but rooms are very unhygienic.

“As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), guidelines, isolation and hygiene are basic measures to be taken care of in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading but here both the things lack,” he added.

“We are asking administration to take us to our districts where we are ready to go for quarantine but there is no response from their side so far,” the aggrieved people said.

Pertinently, some days ago, students coming from Bangladesh who were kept in a hotel at Srinagar had also complained of unhygienic rooms.

Meanwhile, officials on duty at Kathua campus of Jammu University said that District Magistrate and SSP Kathua visited the center and ordered for the proper sanitization of the campus.