Prayagraj: As the state government cancelled the kanwar yatra in view of the Covid pandemic, around 500 families in Sangam city selling kanwar, saffron attires, vermilion, garlands, puja utensils, and other puja items are left with no other option but to dispose of their stocks which they had stored 15 days prior to the beginning of Shravan month.
The families alleged that the Varanasi-based traders from whom they had purchased the puja stock were not ready to take the items back, and now they fear bearing a huge loss.
Shiv Babu Chaurasia, whose family has been selling kanwar and other puja items since the past four decades in Daraganj, told TOI, “We will have to face a massive financial loss this year since the state government has banned the kanwar yatra.”