How the Uttarakhand government lost the plot with the Kumbh Mela
How the Uttarakhand government lost the plot with the Kumbh Mela | India Today Insight
Over 2,100 people have tested Covid-positive at the Kumbh so far. Will the once in 12 years gathering turn superspreader once the faithful returns home?
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UPDATED: April 18, 2021 20:48 IST
Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar on April 14, 2021. (PTI)
On April 17, the Uttarakhand government swung into action to scale down the swelling crowds at the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. But it will take a lot of effort to get the millions of pilgrims, who are either camped in Haridwar and Rishikesh or are on their way for the holy dip, to now return without having their wish fulfilled. Roughly, 2.8 million people took a dip in the holy Ganges on April 12 (Somvati Amavasya Snan day, second of the four