SGPC arranges buses for stranded J&K tourists

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 29

Under the initiative by the SGPC to send back home outstation tourists who got stranded due to curfew restrictions, around 60 tourists belonging to Jammu and Kashmir returned through special buses on Sunday.

SGPC senior vice-president Rajinder Singh Mehta said two buses left for J and K today. “Our buses would drop them at Jammu only. However, those from Kashmir valley would make their own arrangement from there. The passengers were made to sit at a distance from each other as per the directions of the health department. Besides, the buses were also sanitised and the passengers too were provided with hand sanitisers”, he said.

Earlier, the SGPC had sent tourists to Delhi and Haryana in five buses. Similarly, four buses were flagged off for Shahjanahpur (UP) and Bathinda too. The buses also ferried the stranded tourists at Delhi for various parts of Punjab.

At present, various tourists from Tata Nagar (Gujarat), Mumbai and Bihar too were accommodated in various inns of the SGPC.