In view of arrival of stranded migrants returning to the State amid the national lockdown, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has converted over 60 hotels into coronavirus quarantine centres in Bhubaneswar.
The BMC has directed the property owners to prepare their hotel rooms as quarantine centres to accommodate the residents returning to Bhubaneswar by special trains and hired vehicles.
Sources said that quarantine facility has been made in 64 hotels located under three BMC zones in the city. These hotels with 2,720 beds and 1,317 rooms would offer paid quarantine facility for the returnees.
As per the Odisha Government guidelines for returnees, they would have to stay at institutional quarantine mandatorily or they can opt for paid quarantine.
Accordingly, arrangements have been made at the hotels for returnees to stay in quarantine. A quarantinee would have to pay for the lodging and food.
The room tariffs and food charges have been fixed as per category of the hotels.
Source said the total charges including room tariff and food have been kept in the range starting from Rs 400 to 4,500 per person per day. The OYO rooms have also been included in the list of quarantine centres. The returnees can book online for paid quarantine facility.