KU seeks rethink on quarantine facility at varsity

The authorities at Kashmir University (KU) have asked the district administration Srinagar to review its decision on setting up a quarantine facility in one of the buildings at the university campus.

The KU request came a day after the district administrationSrinagar decided to utilize the “varsity hostel as accommodation for passengersbesides other buildings at three locations of city”.

   

“The executive magistrate 1st class (Tehsildar, North) shalltake over the premises and provide all such facilities as required as per SOP.He will be assisted by SHO concerned for necessary security. Director HealthKashmir, Srinagar shall depute medical team on the above locations,” read anorder issued by District Magistrate Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.

However, the KU administration has “requested” the districtadministration to review the order in respect of the accommodation at the KU.

“. . . the main campus of our university where the buildingis located is a residential campus, where a large number of staff members (bothteaching and non-teaching) along with their families reside in the staffquarters located very near to the hostel,” reads a letter addressed to DCSrinagar from Registrar KU.

The letter reads that Naseem Bagh side of the campus area isa substantially congested residential area “as lot of private houses arelocated in many colonies around it”.

“The location has a hospital namely Regional Research Instituteof Unani Medicine (RRIUM), Habak, Naseem Bagh in close vicinity which witnessesa considerable patient flow on day to day basis,” the letter reads.

It states that the students putting up at the building havetheir belongings including study material and other credentials, certificatesinside the hostel rooms which are still under lock and key of the boarders only, the KU Registrar in his lettersaid.

Meanwhile a KU official said accommodating travelers athostels will create panic among the boarders after their return, given thescare of infection and spread of COVID-19. “We have urged the administration torethink over its decision,” he said.

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