KNZ NEWS DESK
Srinagar:We some hotel owners of District Srinagar, humbly appeal to Hon’ble L.G , Chief Secretary, Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir and District Magistrate as Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (CDDMA) Srinagar, as under:-
1).That District Magistrate, Srinagar, as Chairman DDMA,has taken over the possession of our hotels, situated in Srinagar from time to time between March 2020 and May 2020 for Hospital Medical Staff.
The hotel rooms were allotted to Doctors and paramedical staff posted in different hospitals and at Srinagar Airport to attend Covid 19 pendamic duty.
2). That right from the last 7 months,we have been providing boarding and catering/ lodging facilities to the medical staff.
3). That we have not been paid a single penney so far, although bill have been submitted.
We have borrowed catering items worth Lacs of rupees from various venders/ suppliers,who are after us for releasing if their payment.Also huge amount of money on account of electricity bills, laundering ,cooking gas, diseal etc.has got accumulated during these months.
4). That a lot of wear and tear has taken place to our hotel rooms during this period,which needs immediate repairs.
5).That the hotel industry has been hit adversely from July 2016 in general and from 5th.August 2019 in particular.
6).In spite of all odds we kept our hotels at the disposal of the district administration at a time when they were really in need of it to combat Covid19 pendamic.We hired extra staff for our hotels and offered them double the salery.
Now our humble appeal is to kindly release our payment at the earliest to enable us to liquidate our
outstandings.
On behalf of Hotel Owners Association
