The Tourism department too is playing its part in efforts underway to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand. The tourist rest houses (TRHs) of the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) and Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) are being prepared for use as quarantine centres. Further, these two corporations are also sanitising cooking gas cylinders being supplied in the whole State.
The Tourism secretary Dilip Jawalkar informed that the LPG cylinders are being sanitised to prevent the possibility of any infection being introduced to homes through the cylinders. The departmental employees undertaking this task have been provided necessary equipment along with protective gloves and masks. The GMVN and KMVN are undertaking this task in Garhwal and Kumaon regions respectively. Jawalkar further informed that the dept is taking necessary actions to turn various tourist rest houses and hotels into quarantine centres. These steps are being taken as a precautionary measure against any type of threat. The personnel doing the housekeeping and management work in these tourist rest houses are being trained by the health department in operation of a quarantine centre. He further informed that the dept is also undertaking a campaign on the social media to raise awareness among tourists, hoteliers and the general public. An audio-visual training manual is also being prepared for the information and awareness of hotel staff working during the quarantine period.
