Wadali residents against quarantine centre

Tribune news Service

Amritsar, May 2

Some residents of Guru ki Wadali village opposed the plan of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to set up a quarantine centre at Dhadhi college, located on the outskirts of the village.

The SGPC is making arrangements at various inns and institutes to keep pilgrims who have returned from Hazoor Sahib. In this regard, arrangements have been made to establish quarantine centres at Dhadhi college building being run under the SGPC at Guru ki Wadali village. When residents heard about the development, some of them started opposing the move.

Residents led by Surjit Singh staged a protest on Friday evening and asked the government not to allow the establishment of a quarantine centre at Dhadhi college.

When contacted, SDM-2 Shivraj Singh Bal said: “It was the proposal of the SGPC to make the college a quarantine centre. We had asked them to make necessary arrangements. The resistance of residents is condemnable.”