New Delhi: Government Railway Police Superindent Manjunath TC has introduced that trains to Haridwar might be stopped between April eleventh & 14th because the ‘shahi snan’ will happen on April twelfth and April 14th on the ongoing Kumbh Mela.
Devotees must deboard at Jwalapur, Roorkee & Laksar stations from the place they’re going to be ferried in shuttle buses as an alternative.
(*14*)Trains to not arrive at Haridwar (Uttarakhand) railway station from 11-14 April on account of Shahi Snan at Kumbh Mela from 12-14 April. Trains to cease at Jwalapur, Roorkee & Laksar stations the place devotees will deboard, they’re going to be ferried in shuttle buses from there: SP GRP Manjunath TC
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2021
Ahead of Haridwar Kumbh Mela, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat assured that the state authorities is able to organise a grand and secure Kumbh Mela and mentioned concrete preparations have been made for the comfort and security of devotees.
The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to be adopted until April 30 by the Uttarakhand authorities.
Devotees must produce a unfavourable RT-PCR take a look at experiences on arrival which should not be older than 72 hours, the Uttarakhand authorities has made it obligatory for folks coming from 12 states. According to an India Today report, Chief Secretary Om Prakash mentioned 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 right now.
Media report mentioned that violations of the SOPs, violations might be punishable underneath the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Epidemics Act, 1897, and related sections of the Indian Penal Code. The SOPs had been modified after 32 folks examined optimistic earier this week.
