Amid tourist rush, Uttarakhand cuts hotel occupancy to 50 per cent
Besides, officials of Dehradun and Nainital district administrations tightened the belt and made negative RT-PCR test report mandatory for those entering there from outside the state.
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Pictures and videos of tourists from the Mall Road in Nainital and Kempty Falls in Mussoorie had gone viral on Twitter and Facebook.
DEHRADUN: After pictures of tourists flocking to Mussoorie, Nainital and other places in Uttarakhand and flouting Covid-19 safety norms went viral on social media, raising concerns among authorities amid a third wave scare, the state government on Saturday issued an order restricting occupancy of hotels to only 50 per cent of their capacity.
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DEHRADUN: Authorities in the picturesque Nainital have stopped at least 5,000 tourists from entering the hill station following the unavailability of parking space as well as their inability to produce Covid-negative RT-PCR reports, required as per safety guidelines.
Nainital’s Senior Superintendent of Police Preeti Priyadarshini said tourists coming to the hill station have registered a considerable spike amid an intensive heat wave in north India. But those who don’t have a Covid-negative report are not allowed in the lake town.
With thousands of people thronging to the hills to escape the sweltering heat of the plains, hotspots like Nainital and Mussoorie are jam-packed with no hotel rooms and parking spaces. According to the estimates of the state tourism department and police, more than 10,000 people visited Nainital and Mussoorie last weekend, the two most famous hill towns in Uttarakhand.