Passengers coming from Ladakh to Srinagar will be have to undergo mandatory quarantine to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Srinagar’s Deputy Commissioner Shahid Choudhary said Wednesday.

Choudhary said that the government had taken decision to quarantine passengers in flights from coronavirus-affected areas.

“The flight had to land at Leh and then Srinagar. After 25 passengers of Leh de-boarded the flight, the others were communicated that since the aircraft had landed at Leh all passengers will have to go through quarantine for 14 days. Many thought that they will escape the process.’’

Once the flight landed in Srinagar, four passengers from Delhi were sent back to the national capital but 81 others were quarantined.“The rest of the passengers have to go through quarantine period of 14 days andwill be released only after that,’’ he said. Choudhary also advised fliers from Delhi to fly direct to Srinagar not via Leh to avoid being quarantined.