Haridwar: After 32 folks check Covid-19 optimistic at an ashram, Uttarakhand authorities issued a modified customary working process (SOPs) for the 2021 Haridwar Kumbh Mela which comes into impact from April 1st 2021. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday assured that the state authorities is able to organise a grand and protected Kumbh Mela and stated concrete preparations have been made for the comfort and security of devotees. These SOPs shall be adopted until April thirtieth 2021
According to the brand new SOP, the district administrations can reinstate containment zones. They have additionally been requested to impose penalties on folks not complying with COVID norms, resembling masks carrying and sustaining social distancing. The authorities has determined to restrict the Kumbh this yr to 30 days as a result of ongoing pandemic stated a report by ANI.
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Devotees must produce a unfavourable RT-PCR check stories on arrival which should not be older than 72 hours, the Uttarakhand authorities has made it necessary for folks coming from 12 states. According to an India Today report, Chief Secretary Om Prakash stated this is applicable to devotees coming from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan by highway, air and trains from in the present day.
Media report say, that violations of the SOPs, violations shall be punishable beneath the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Epidemics Act, 1897, and related sections of the Indian Penal Code.
According to ANI, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Sunday had written a letter to Chief Secretary by which he suggested the state authorities to extend the variety of RTPCR exams, to observe the usual working procedures issued by the well being ministry and to show signages to disseminate the details of the SOPs.
The letter learn, “The state has been informed that the daily testing numbers reported in Haridwar (i.e.50,000 Rapid Antigen Tests and 5,000 RTPCR tests) are not enough to effectively offset the huge number of expected pilgrim footfall. It has been advised that the share of RTPCR tests being conducted at present needs to be significantly increased as per the ICMR guidelines to ensure that the pilgrims and local population are appropriately tested”.
