Help pilgrims return home: Akal Takht to govt

Amritsar, April 18

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has asked the Centre and state governments to facilitate the transportation of about 4,000 pilgrims stranded at Hazoor Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra, and nearly 90 Sikh pilgrims stranded in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. All hail from Punjab.

They had gone to pay obeisance at the Nanded gurdwara when the nationwide lockdown was enforced to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

When no help from the authorities, some of the pilgrims started their journey back home and they managed to reach Indore.

Some of the pilgrims approached the office of the Akal Takht Secretariat, seeking Jathedar’s intervention.

The Jathedar said the stranded pilgrims had no shelter over their heads, while food was in short supply. He called upon the Centre and state governments to act fast on moral grounds and help the pilgrims return home. — TNS