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1 Unmindful of Covid threat, the devotees seldom bothered to support face mask and maintain social distancing inside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
Amritsar, April 2
In the wake of a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, it has now been made mandatory for pilgrims visiting Golden Temple to follow the Health department guidelines, including wearing of masks, keeping social distancing and sanitisation of hands.
A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting between the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and district administration officials today. The meeting was attended by SGPC president Jagir Kaur and Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira, Commissioner of Police Sukhchain Singh Gill, SDM Vikas Hira and municipal corporation officials.
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Amritsar: BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal has objected to the facilities and financial assistance provided by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to the agitating farmers and alleged that Sikh’s single largest representative body was trying to give farmers agitation a religious colour. The main role of SGPC is to manage the affairs of gurdwaras, since it was a religious body, he said while speaking to TOI on Wednesday.
In a letter to SGPC president Jagir Kaur, Grewal wrote that providing shades, fans, langar service, moveable toilets and Rs 1 lakh each to the kin of deceased farmers were some of the activities which were against the “mandate given to it under ‘The Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925’ and ‘Punjab Act 8 of 1925’.