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| AJHLA concerned over plight of tourism sector stakeholders | | | JAMMU, Jan 23: All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA) has expressed serious concern over the plight of Jammu people particularly those connected with tourism sector because of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns. In the meeting of office bearers of AJHLA, chairman, Inderjeet Khajuria said that the tourism sector has been pushed to innumerable hardships, adding that with no relief from government side the stake holders are passing through the worst phase of their life because of almost zero business. Pawan Gupta, President of the association expressed disappointment on ignoring the tourism sector particularly hotel industry from the purview of any special relief package even after repeated requests to the government. The condition of the smokeless industry, already on the ventilator due to extension of train service from Jammu to Katra has worsened further due to engulfing impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. The onslaught of dangerous third wave of corona virus has done unexplainable loss to human beings but certainly it is going to annihilate tourism sector particularly the hotel industry from world map. Budget hotel industry already on its last breath, would unable to sustain the attack of corona pandemic and has started collapsing because of poor business and zero support from the government. At this critical juncture, dying hotel industry needs hand holding by the government for their survival and appeals to exempt the starving hotel industry from various government charges/fees like electricity, water, usage charges, etc.till J&K UT becomes Covid free Gupta further added that Government instead of giving any financial relief package to hotel industry, has made the registration/renewal of hotels and lodges complicated and appeals to government to relax and simplify registration/renewal process in case of surviving hotels and lodges, already destroyed by Covid pandemic.
Other office bearers present in the meeting were ML Sharma, Pritam Sharma, Anil Khajuria, HS Manhas, Baldev Raj, Sunil Suri, Swarn Singh, Sankul Gupta, Manpreet Singh, Varun Gupta and Nishant Gupta.
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