Aatif Qayoom
Srinagar, Mar 23 (KNS): Several students, who had been kept in quarantine soon after arrival from Bangladesh, complained of poor arrangements at isolation centre established at ITI Handwara. They appealed concern Deputy Commissioner and Tehsildar to intervene and save their lives from getting further infected.
According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), complaining of “improper hygiene” a student said, he along with others had been kept in a big hall with no basic facilities and said if we continue to remain here, it will only spread COVID-19.
The students alleged that the administration is dealing with the threat in a casual manner which has put the lives of students in the centre at risk.
“It is not necessary that whosoever will return from outside parts is infected. Administration is treating with us like COVID-19”, student said.
He said, “The rooms at the centre are filthy and dirty and in no sense can be called quarantine centers. Given the unhygienic conditions of the rooms, we have apprehensions of further spread of the infection”.
Other students also complained poor arrangements in quarantine center saying that it will lead to the spread of infection.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“They are accommodating so many people together in a dormitory. Who knows if someone is really infected?” the student asked.
Students said they offered themselves voluntarily for quarantine hoping that the facilities will be provided at the centre but after reaching the centre there was nothing like that.
An elderly man who returned from Saudi Arabia recently after performing Umrah also complained of poor arrangements at the centre and requested the administration to let him to go home.
They appealed concerned Deputy Commissioner and Tehsildar and sought their timely intervention in the matter.
Meanwhile Additional Deputy Commissioner Handwara Nazir Ahmad while talking to KNS refuted the allegations and said the administration has ensured every facility to the quarantined people.
“We have kept only eleven students in quarantine there and every facility has been provided for their wellbeing including television for their entertainment. So all allegation being spread are unfounded and baseless”, ADC told. (KNS)