National Conference on Monday sought appropriate quarantine facilities across J&K and urged the authorities to strictly abide by the Covid-19 protocol.
While expressing concernover quarantine facilities in crammed neighborhoods, the party’s additionalgeneral secretary, Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said the measure will put scores oflives in peril.
“I have been receivingdistress calls from people across the Valley particular from Tangmarg wherequarantine facilities have been kept in tourism huts. Locals are apprehensiveabout having such facilities in immediate neighborhoods. On other hand we havefamilies whose kith and kin are putting up in quarantine facilities ruing theappalling facilities being provided to them,” said Kamal, in a statement.
He said the quarantinefacilities should be placed in the outskirts of urban area and cities andgovernment should strictly abide by the guidelines for quarantine facilitiesCOVID-19 issued by government of India.
“Having people stay put inclose rooms devoid of basic facilities is bound to tell upon their well being.The government is duty bound to come up with a brief as to where suchfacilitates have been set-up and what amenities are being provided at suchcenters,” he said.
He urged the government togive flip to the coordination between different agencies to ensure that theresponse against the threat takes places according to the protocol.