Yogi Adityanath asked Uttarakhand CM to allow some devotees into Haridwar for Kanwar Yatra: Sources

UP CM Adityanath has requested his counterpart in Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, to allow some devotees from UP to travel to Haridwar for the Kanwar Yatra.

The Uttarakhand government has decided to call off the annual Kanwar Yatra for the second year in a row in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. A decision in this regard was taken by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday. At the same time, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to go ahead with the pilgrimage with strict curbs in place to contain the spread of infection. CM Yogi Adityanath directed officials to ensure that devotees are allowed to take part in the Kanwar Yatra only after they present a negative RT-PCR test report.