Uttarakhand government suspends Char Dham Yatra
The Uttarakhand government has determined to droop the Char Dham Yatra this yr in view of worsening Covid-19 scenario within the state, information company ANI reported. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat stated that solely monks of the 4 temples will carry out rituals and puja. The yatra was scheduled to start out from May 14 .
The Char Dham – Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri are positioned within the state’s Garhwal area. The state government had earlier ready a draft commonplace working procedures (SOP) for registration of pilgrims and go to. The draft was not made public because the government determined to evaluation the scenario.
The variety of energetic Covid-19 instances within the state has elevated from 2,236 on April 1 to 45,383 on Wednesday.
