After IMA Appeal, Uttarakhand Govt Cancels Kanwar Yatra Owing to Third Wave Threat
The IMA had written to CM Pushkar Singh Dhami requesting him to cancel the Yatra in view of a possible third wave of Covid-19.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to
cancel the Kanwar Yatra this year owing to the threat of Covid-19. The
decision was taken after a high-level meeting between Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami and top officials of the state government.
During the meeting, health experts put forth their view on the
devastating effects of the Delta Plus variant, the threat of the third wave of
coronavirus, and upholding the value of human lives, the Dhami administration
cancelled the annual pilgrimage this year.
The yatra had been cancelled last year too due to the first wave
of Covid-19.
The Uttarakhand government’s decision comes even as the Uttar
Pradesh administration has allowed the yatra from July 25 in
spite of concerns raised in various quarters over the risk posed by such
events in triggering a possible third wave of the pandemic.
The Indian Medical
Association’s Uttarakhand chapter had on Monday written to Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami requesting him to cancel the Kanwar Yatra this year for
public safety in view of a possible third wave of Covid-19. Drawing the Chief
minister’s attention to the warnings of medical experts about a third wave of
the pandemic in a letter, the IMA’s state secretary Amit Khanna asked him to
not allow the proposed Kanwar Yatra to go ahead.
Earlier, green lighting the
annual pilgrimage, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had urged
that only a minimum number of people should participate in the annual Kanwar
Yatra yatra and directed the strict implementation of the Covid-19 protocol.
The state government said a negative RT-PCR test report can be made compulsory
for pilgrims if required.
The fortnight-long yatra that begins with the onset of the month
of Shravan around July 25 and goes on till the first week of August sees crores
of Kanwariyas from neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab,
Delhi and Himachal Pradesh gathering in Haridwar to collect the holy waters of
the Ganga.
News is originally taken from: https://www.news18.com/news/india/uttarakhand-govt-cancels-kanwar-yatra-this-year-due-to-covid-19-3959639.html
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