Uttar Pradesh likely to allow Kanwar Yatra from July 25
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reportedly directed officials to prepare guidelines for conducting the Kanwar Yatra while ensuring compliance to COVID-19 protocols.
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to allow the Kanwar Yatra this year from July 25, as per The Times of India report. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to prepare guidelines for conducting the yatra while ensuring full compliance to COVID-19 protocols. “The yatra is scheduled to begin from July 25. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that UP officials should should speak to their counterparts in Bihar, as there is significant movement of devotees between our two states, and ensure that there are no violations of Covid protocols. The home department has been asked to formulate a detailed guideline for regulating the yatra this year,” TOI quoted a government spokesperson as saying. Amid the guidelines, it is likely to be declared that only five people will be permitted inside a temple at one time, social distancing and wearing masks will also be compulsory, an official told the leading daily.More Related News