A Sector 22-based Arora family became the first city family to receive a family of Ornoy from Israel on Tuesday night.

The Chandigarh Tourism Department has also done extensive publicity for these households under the scheme and even put up the relevant information pertaining to such households on the Tourist Information Centres, ISBT-17; Tourist Information Centre, Plaza, Railway Station, Chandigarh Airport and the Tourism Department in Sector 9.

Be it the posh Sector 2, Sector 9 or places like Manimajra, Sector 30-A, Sector 19-A, 21-A, 34-D or Sector 43-B, families from almost all sectors of the city have come forward and expressed willingness to be included as service providers to foreign tourists under the scheme.

The Tourism department has constituted a committee of officers, who respond to the applications submitted under the scheme by residents, discuss it and after paying a visit to the household and meeting members of the family, approve to include the same under the Bed and Breakfast scheme.

“It becomes our responsibility to check and see if the conditions and environment offered at a particular household suits the requirements of a tourist. We need to see if the facilities being offered to a tourist at a particular household matches the requisite standards. Only after reaching a satisfaction level, we approve of a household to be included under the scheme,” said a senior UT official.

TheAdministration had received the Centre’s approval for the scheme on March 24. The Administration plans to keep a minimum tariff of about Rs 850 to Rs 1,100 per day, which will include a bed, breakfast, parking space, attached washroom and air-conditioning.

Accommodations measuring more than 7.5 marlas can be covered under the scheme, provided the owner of the accommodation stays at the property which has a safe-parking space, air-conditioner and an attached washroom.

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Ashwani Kumar Diwan of Sector 2;
Bharat Rattan Grover of Sector 18-D;
Gian Kaur of Sector 43-B;
Jatinder Kaur of Sector 21-A;
Jyoti Swarup Sharma of Sector 42-D;
JS Randhawa of Sector 9-D;
JS Josan of Sector 44-B;
Kuldeep Arora of Sector 22-A;
Kiran Malhotra of Sector 9-D;
Krishan Kumar of Sector 18-A;
Meenakshi Kaur of Sector 21-A;
PSS Chaddha of Sector 34-D; l Rajpal Kaur of Sector 19-A;
Rajneesh Bansal of Sector 30-A
Shashi Kapoor of Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra