The Uttarakhand government cancelled the Kanwar Yatra in view of a possible third wave of COVID-19. The sources inform that the decision was taken on Tuesday for cancelling the yatra second consecutive year due to the pandemic.

The Indian Medical Association wrote to State Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami asking him to not allow the yatra to go ahead in the interest of the people. Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had said that though Kanwar Yatra is part of Sanatan culture, saving lives in the time of the pandemic was paramount. The fortnight-long yatra which begins with the onset of the month of Shravan by the Hindu calendar goes on till the first week of August and sees a large gathering of Kanwariyas in Haridwar from neighbouring states including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi to collect the holy waters of the Ganga.

This huge crowd travelling from parts of India can be very dangerous for the nation as there migration can transfer viruses all over. While, this will spike the coronavirus cases in such away that again India will have to go down to knees.

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