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| Tourism sector pushed to innumerable hardships, no relief from govt: AJHLA | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 1: In the meeting of office bearers of All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA) held through video conferencing, the chairman, Inderjeet Khajuria expressed deep concern over the plight of Jammu people particularly those connected with tourism sector because of COVID-19 pandemic and relock downs.
Tourism sector has been pushed to innumerable hardships rather than any relief from government side and stake holders are passing through the worst phase of life because of 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/financial 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 second wave of corona virus has done unexplainable loss to human beings but it is going to annihilate tourism sector particularly the hotel industry from world map completely. Budget hotel industry already on its last breath, would unable to sustain the attack of corona pandemic and has started collapsing because of nil 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 government to exempt the starving hotel industry from various government charges/fees like electricity, water, usage charges till J&K UT becomes COVID free, as aforementioned services are now not being utilized due to compete closure of hotel premises.
Gupta further added that Government should now transfer the financial assistance amount directly to the accounts of hotel staff whose accounts detail already stands submitted in the tourism department since last year.
Other office bearers present in the meeting were M L Sharma, Pritam Sharma, Anil Khajuria, H S Manhas, Baldev Raj, Sunil Suri, Swarn Singh, Sankul Gupta, Manpreet Singh, Varun Gupta and Nishant Gupta. |
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