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Army Commander General Shavendra Silva urged a group of hotel owners to give maximum possible relief to visitors who come from foreign countries by lowering the charges to undergo quarantine.
“I urge all of you to give them the maximum possible relief by lowering the charges at this critical moment in our history,” he said during a meeting with hotel owners, hoteliers and hotel executives on Tuesday. The Commander also reiterated firmly that they should not, give a single cent to any third party that facilitates bringing visitors to their hotels.
“No outsider, ‘third party’ or anyone, contacting you for accommodation on behalf of the overseas visitors in your hotels and for quarantine purposes, should be given a single cent to get such individuals or parties, as we have already managed to prevent some ‘unscrupulous’ elements that were resorting to such corrupt practices in the recent past after the second wave broke out,” he said.
General Silva said that they would not hesitate or tolerate such practices at the expense of the Army’s image since it is a credible organization with highest standards. “What we want is to get those visitors a fair deal with decent meals, full care and accommodation at the lowest possible rate,” he said. There were instances where ‘interested parties’ had approached the hoteliers in the past, but there is no room left now for any such practices,” the Commander underlined and requested that such attempts should immediately be brought to the Army’s notice.
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