No ‘Kanwar Yatra’ this year

Chandigarh, July 4

The state government has decided not to allow “Kanwariyas” to proceed on “Kanwar Yatras” during the Shravan month this year, in view of the Covid pandemic.

Giving information in this regard an official spokesman of the Home Department said the Divisional Commissioners, Inspectors General of Police of Police Ranges, Deputy Commissioners, District Magistrates, and Commissioners of Police – Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurugram have been directed to not allow “Kanwariyas” to proceed on “Kanwar Yatras”.

He said the decision had been taken as the governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh had conveyed their inability to make arrangements for the transit and stay of “Kanwariyas”.

“The state government has directed all Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police to immediately engage with Kanwariya Samitis, Bhakt-Mandalis and religious leaders of their respective districts to ensure that they do not proceed on “Kanwar Yatras,” in view of the pandemic,” he added.

Keeping in view the religious sentiments of people of the state, the Haryana Government had decided to facilitate the arrangements to bring holy water of the sacred river Ganges from Haridwar to Haryana on the eve of Mahashivratri. — TNS