This is the second year in succession that the kanwar yatra has been cancelled (File photo)
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday evening decided to cancel the kanwar yatra. This ended days of speculation that the Pushkar Dhami-led government may reverse the decision taken by the previous Tirath Rawat administration on cancelling the yatra.
“At a time when the threat of Covid-19 is still looming and a case of the Delta-plus variant has also been reported from Uttarakhand, we cannot allow Haridwar to become a hotbed of the pandemic,” Dhami said.
“People’s lives are important and we cannot play around with them. It is important to save lives during a pandemic. Even god will not like it if any lives are lost.”
Uttarakhand government cancels Kanwar Yatra owing to COVID-19
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