Leh, June 05, 2021: Intensifying its drive, the District Administration, Leh, inspected around 16 hotels in Leh town here on Friday.

The inspection team found two tourists with RAT report instead of the mandatory RT-PCR report. The team took action against them and imposed a fine. Both the tourists were placed in quarantine in a hotel for a week. Similarly, the team collected fine from tourists without masks and imposed fines on hotels found violating Covid-19 SOPSs.

The District Administration repeatedly appeals to the hoteliers and the tourists to follow the Covid-19 SOPs and Covid appropriate behaviour.

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On June 04 also, the District Administration Leh conducted a random inspection of hotels in Leh town to review adherence to Covid-19 SOPs and protocols.

Two teams of District Administration comprising officials from Revenue, Tourism and Police departments inspected 13 hotels in Leh town. The teams collected fines from hotels found violating Covid-19 protocols.

The objective of the random inspection drive was to review and ensure if the hotels are following the mandatory Covid-19 SOPs, including maintenance of occupancy status, daily updation of the guest list with mandatory RT PCR report, availability of masks, sanitisers, disinfectants and thermal screening at the hotel premises.

The District Administration would further intensify the inspection drive in the upcoming days. It also appeals to the hoteliers in the district to strictly abide by the Covid-19 SOPs. The Administration would initiate legal actions against the defaulting hotels.