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AI flight with 180 Indians to reach Kashi on May 18
An Air India (AI) flight carrying around 180 Indians from the United Kingdom will arrive at Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport, Varanasi, on Monday.
An Air India (AI) flight carrying around 180 Indians from the United Kingdom (UK) will arrive at Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport, Varanasi, on Monday (May 18), said airport director Akashdeep Mathur.
He said a censor-based sanitiser dispenser was installed at the airport for the sanitisation of every passenger and also their luggage.
Before they step out of the airport, they would be apprised of dos and don’ts to keep Covid-19 infection away.
Moreover, additional district magistrate (protocol) Atul Kumar and regional tourism officer Kirtiman Srivastava inspected the airport and took stock of the arrangements.
Kumar said three categories of hotels had been reserved at reduced rates. In these hotels, the Indians being taken from the UK will be kept in institutional quarantine for 14 days. Srivastava said rooms in the three hotels were also inspected.
There are 120 rooms in ‘A’ category, 90 in ‘B’ category and 50 rooms in ‘C’ category. Each ‘A’ category room is for Rs 3,500, including two meals and breakfast, each ‘B’ category room is for Rs 2,500 and ‘C’ category room is for Rs 1,000.
Srivastava said the staff of the hotels were instructed to make proper arrangements for safe and comfortable accommodation of the Indians. They will not be allowed to meet anyone from outside. Tourist police will be deployed at these hotels, he added.
Srivastava said hotels’ staff/management was instructed to ensure that each of the passenger strictly followed social distancing and wore masks.
