Dehradun: Every region of the country has been affected due to Coronavirus. In view of the increasing cases of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand and district, the Health Department and the administration has made it mandatory to check COVID-19 for local pilgrims going to Kedarnath. The devotees will be allowed to go to Kedarnath only if the report comes negative. Till now this rule was applied only to the devotees coming from the outskirts.
In the district for the last ten days, 17 new cases of COVID-19 have been revealed. In such a situation, the administration and department do not want to make any mistake at their level. Now people who go to Baba's darshan have to get their COVID-19 checked. They will be able to go to Dham only if the report comes negative. For the same checking, Collector Vandana Singh has given instructions to make arrangements in Sonprayag more robust. He informed that keeping in mind the way in which cases of COVID-19 are increasing, it has been made mandatory to conduct COVID-19 investigation at the local level.
Also, for the Chardham Yatra, since July 1, the Devasthanam Board has issued more than 29 thousand e-passes. In this, 15 thousand devotees have visited Chardham. Ravinath Raman, Chief Executive Officer of the Chardham Devasthanam Board, said in his statement that 481 e-passes have been issued for Chardham on Thursday. Also it will be mandatory to follow the rules.
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