Safari drivers in quarantine quandary soon after Yala tour

A tense problem occurred when the jeep drivers and tour guides who assisted the Ukrainian vacationers right here below a pilot undertaking who toured the Yala National Park, have been instructed to quarantine for 14 days.

Various Ukrainian nationals who arrived in Sri Lanka less than the Tourist Pilot Undertaking have been discovered as getting COVID infected, nevertheless, they have been authorized to journey in the place, it was reported.

Accordingly, the team visited the Yala Safari Park in 28 jeeps and right after leaving the space, the military have instructed that the drivers of the jeeps should be quarantined for 14 times.

These directions obtained potent protest from jeep drivers and proprietors.

The jeep motorists explained, “With the intervention of an MP from the location, the Ukrainians attained 28 jeeps to tour the Yala Safari Park. They told us that they would pay Rs. 5,000 for a person jeep. Someway when we were being questioned to occur on this journey we also joined this as for every the approved well being rules. At least right before this journey no 1 advised us that we will have to quarantine for 14 times just after the tour. The organizers misled us and advised us at the finish of the tour that we should really not go house and go to quarantine.

The jeep motorists said, “We are earning a day-to-day wage of 700 rupees for driving. The organizers intentionally put us in this predicament. There is no way to feed our little ones for 14 times. Why are they placing us in a complicated situation like this?

“We have been functioning as labourers for virtually a yr without having the tourism marketplace. We went on this tour for the reason that it’s supported by the govt.We demand from customers instant justice for this.”

Following the holidaymakers left the Yala Safari Park at all-around 5 pm, the safari jeeps were parked at the Yala Army camp premises and the 28 jeep motorists had been taken by a specific bus to a quarantine centre at all over 11.30 pm.