Mangaluru/ Bengaluru, May 10: Nearly 11,000 non-resident Kannadigas who are seeking repatriation from various countries across the world should be ready to shell out a huge amount for a two-week private quarantine in Karnataka before reaching their home.
The Kannadigas stranded in Gulf countries including UAE and Saudi Arabia have already expressed shock over the high airfare for repatriation during coronavirus lockdown. Another shocker is heavy quarantine fee once they reach their home state.
Officials in Mangaluru and Bengaluru have confirmed that administration has fixed charges for quarantine facilities starting from Rs 1,200 up to Rs 4,500, including food per day. 14 day quarantine will be mandatory for all healthy and asymptomatic international passengers. Hence, they should be ready to pay Rs 16,800 to Rs 63,000.
The other option is government quarantine centres: hostels run by social welfare, backward classes welfare and minority welfare departments but they are far from satisfactory. This is in stark contrast to the plush government quarantine facilities in Kerala.
In Mangaluru
The first repatriation flight to Mangaluru International Airport is expected to land on Tuesday, May 12 from Dubai.
The quarantine facilities include lodges, hostels and service apartments. Rates are fixed based on four categories: basic, economy, medium and premium. The basic facilities are mainly hostels of educational institutions, and the rest are budget and star hotels, said Rahul Shinde, probationary IAS officer, who is In-charge of the quarantine facilities for those being repatriated.
In Bengaluru
As many as 350 international passengers are set to arrive in Bengaluru at 3 am on Monday, May 11. So far, nobody has opted for government quarantine facilities, according to Lakshman Reddy, Joint Director, Social Welfare Department.
In Bengaluru, there are 55 hostels of the social welfare department, 51 of the backward classes welfare department and 12 of the minority welfare department. “We provide them with three square meals a day,” he added.
The accused has been identified as Abdulla (43), hailing from Taliparamba in Kerala. He was supposed to board flight number 9W 532 on Tuesday night.
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Viren Kotian,
Kumar,
Yogesh,
Danish.
George
Shiva
Naren,
Please guys, U guys with all worldly intelligence look like FOOLISH... Dont jump to name an innocent as Terrorist...
Think before YOU blame others
Only U wake up when it happens to you or your own families .
When some is blaming without PROOF ... They are called FOOLS and HYPOCRITE.
Please next time use your God given intellectual and VERIFY before you jump like MONKEYs...
This guy is proved innocent and you guys are proving us that WE can make U dance with any news that is presented to YOU Guys cos U guys never USE your intellect to VERIFY what is Said...THINK and PONDER.
Naren Kotian ......if you need the proof, pls visit the Bhatkal police station and find out who placed the meat bag in NAGABANA to create disturbances ..... this Bastard terrorist should be nakedly hanged.....
wow superb ... third rated jihadist ... hang this bastard ... mostly he arranged passports for islamic state or ISI porkis to conduct bomb blast ... rikacha sumne koorappa, jaathi buddi yelli bidtheera .. we are seeing how your community is doing , proof beka .. proof kotru neev accept madalla .. so waste .. burnol kodla rikacha ?hahahaha
Also arrest the officials who issued him those passports......they are the sponsors of these terrorists.....where are the officers who made his verification.....don't let people laugh at our passport agencies and government.
Do not count chickens before they are hatched? It is normal that painting Muslims with anti nationals and terrorists etc.....
Super and timely catch... Now Amnesty international will start fighting for this anti national's rights. We should make sure he does not escape.
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