<p>A total of 785 rooms in 11 star-rated hotels in and around Kolkata have been identified to accommodate people returning from abroad, who will stay there in isolation, a hoteliers' association said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The state government has approached the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Eastern India for rooms where foreign returnees will be quarantined, HRAEI president Suresh Poddar said.</p>.<p>"The association has been able to identify 785 rooms in 11 hotels belonging to four and five-star categories for the purpose. However, no bookings have been made as no repatriation flight has reached here," Poddar told PTI.</p>.<p>The hotels will charge between Rs 4,000 and Rs 6,000 per room per day including all meals and evening tea, Poddar said.</p>.<p>"The bills at the hotels will have to be cleared by the passengers. We have arranged for discounts up to 60 per cent", he said.</p>.<p>To help Indians stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, the central government has initiated repatriation flights as a part of 'Vande Bharat' mission to bring them back.</p>.<p>Such repatriation flights have already landed in Kochi, Chennai and Hyderabad.</p>.<p>"Those disembarking from such flights will be screened at the airport and then transferred to the isolation rooms in the hotels earmarked for quarantine purposes," he said.</p>.<p>If the state government requires more such rooms, that can be arranged, Poddar said.</p>
<p>A total of 785 rooms in 11 star-rated hotels in and around Kolkata have been identified to accommodate people returning from abroad, who will stay there in isolation, a hoteliers' association said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The state government has approached the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Eastern India for rooms where foreign returnees will be quarantined, HRAEI president Suresh Poddar said.</p>.<p>"The association has been able to identify 785 rooms in 11 hotels belonging to four and five-star categories for the purpose. However, no bookings have been made as no repatriation flight has reached here," Poddar told PTI.</p>.<p>The hotels will charge between Rs 4,000 and Rs 6,000 per room per day including all meals and evening tea, Poddar said.</p>.<p>"The bills at the hotels will have to be cleared by the passengers. We have arranged for discounts up to 60 per cent", he said.</p>.<p>To help Indians stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, the central government has initiated repatriation flights as a part of 'Vande Bharat' mission to bring them back.</p>.<p>Such repatriation flights have already landed in Kochi, Chennai and Hyderabad.</p>.<p>"Those disembarking from such flights will be screened at the airport and then transferred to the isolation rooms in the hotels earmarked for quarantine purposes," he said.</p>.<p>If the state government requires more such rooms, that can be arranged, Poddar said.</p>