Over one lakh rooms are ready for quarantining expats, Kerala govt informs HC

The Kerala government on Thursday

informed the High Court that 1.35 lakh rooms with attached toilets are available for quarantining the Keralites returning from foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic.

It also submitted that Kerala State Disaster Management Authority with the help of Tourism Department and Public Works Department has prepared a list of infrastructure that could be used for temporary accommodation of the affected.

"An amount of Rs 13.45 crore has been provided from State Disaster Response Fund till date since April 1, 2020 to the District Disaster Management Authorities for the purpose as laid by the Union Home Ministry vide a letter dated March 28, this year," the government said in a statement submitted before the High Court.

The statement was submitted in response to petitions related to the problems of the expatriates, who are presently outside India, and are unable to come back on account of the lockdown announced by the government to combat the ...