Kathmandu, Mar 22
All the private hostels will remain closed for at
least three weeks from 22 March to 12 April in an effort to support government
initiative to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Issuing a statement, Nepal Hostel Association said
that it had already appealed all the hostels to shut down.
“Since the government has barred more than 25 people
to gather at a location, the association has considered the gravity of the
situation and decided to close the hostels and service till the end of Chaitra,
12 April,” said Bhakti Pathak, chairman of the association.
There are more than 1,000 hostels across the country
which are providing services to students, employees and other needy people for short
and long term.
The association has urged the government to include
the hostel business while announcing relief package for the business and
industry sector.
Similarly, it has said that the government should
ask the house owners to announce discount on the house rent for hostels.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 March 2020.
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