Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 20: It has been nearly two weeks since hotels were reopened after coronavirus lockdown. Their business continues to be dull, even though there are hopes of them getting back to normal situation shortly. Under instructions from the government, a hotel in the city has, for the first time, introduced a system of maintaining social distance between customers sitting face to face in the hotel.

When customers sit facing each other, infection can get transmitted when the affected person sneezes or coughs. To avoid this, the owner of Hotel Gadiyar at Kulur here has fitted a lightweight transparent fibreglass between them in the middle of the table.

Hotel owner Ganesh Shetty said that for the hoteliers, safety of the customers is of paramount importance. He said that if a customer has infection, he can transfer infection even to the hotel staff. Therefore, as a matter of abundant precaution, at the instance of the government guideline, the glass wall has been planned. He said that such a system exists in Singapore and that a few restaurants in Bengaluru would have made this arrangement. He said in the city, he is the first to introduce the system, duly adding that regular customers of his restaurant have appreciated this measure.

A relative had drawn Ganesh Shetty's attention towards the glass screen used in Singapore hotels. Ganesh bought the necessary things and got the glass screens fitted as per his convenience. The glass screens are sturdy and do not break easily. They can be lifted and kept anywhere else as per requirement. As they are transparent, they do not block the view of the customers.

Shetty observed that many hotels have not yet been following this measure, because of which there is risk of coronavirus infection getting passed on. He said that he decided to fix the glass screen to stop such an eventuality even though its cost is quite high.