As the Char Dham Yatra started on May 10, hundreds of devotees thronged the Yamunotri Dham on May 11 main to chaos as folks weren’t capable of transfer ahead and had been caught in slim dangerous lanes for hours. The absence of police and residential guards made the state of affairs extra important on the primary day as a video of a large crowd went viral on social media. Police swung into motion after that urging the devotees to postpone their journey for the subsequent day.
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आज श्री यमुनोत्री धाम पर क्षमता के अनुसार पर्याप्त श्रद्धालु यात्रा के लिये पहुँच चुके हैं। अब और अधिक श्रद्धालुओं को भेजना जोखिम भरा है। जो भी श्रद्धालु आज यमुनोत्री यात्रा पर आने जा रहे हैं, उनसे विनम्र अपील है कि आज यमुनोत्री जी की यात्रा स्थगित करें।
— Uttarkashi Police Uttarakhand (@UttarkashiPol) May 12, 2024
The Uttarkashi police issued advisory saying that adequate devotees have reached Yamunotri and that sending extra devotees will be harmful. It additional requested worshippers to postpone their yatra for May 13. “Today, a sufficient number of devotees have reached Shri Yamunotri Dham as per its capacity. Now, sending more devotees is risky. All the devotees who are going to Yamunotri today, are requested to postpone their Yamunotri Yatra today,” the Uttarkashi Police tweeted.
यमुनोत्री में फ़ैल हुए इंतजाम.. भारी संख्या में श्रद्धालु, लगा जाम #Yamunotri #YamunotriDham #Uttarakhand | @supreetanchor pic.twitter.com/hUPfCzNqvT
— Zee News (@ZeeNews) May 12, 2024
In one other tweet, the Uttarkashi police knowledgeable about visitors and safety preparations for the Yamunotri Dham route. It tweeted, “SP Uttarkashi Shri Arpan Yaduvanshi reached Yamuna Valley and took charge of traffic and security to make traffic and police arrangements for the Yamunotri Dham Yatra route. To ensure systematic traffic management and to deal with traffic jams, he is coming on the road at midnight to monitor the arrangements.”
The police additionally knowledgeable that for the comfort and security of the pilgrims, the visitors/journey is being operated by way of a gate/one-way system on slim and delicate routes. “On the Yamunotri walking route, horses, mules and dandi-kandi are being operated through a rotation system,” the police tweeted.
Meanwhile, over 29,000 devotees paid obeisance at Kedarnath Dham on the primary day of the pilgrimage of Char Dham Yatra.
