“The seers have been asked to isolate themselves and stay away from devotees. But, as was evident during the Shahi Snan, Covid-19 rules are being flouted. We are trying to make them understand what the guidelines are but they don’t pay heed,”
HARIDWAR/DEHRADUN: In just one day, 102 pilgrims had tested positive for Covid-19 on the first Shahi Snan. Now, nearly 20 seers have as well. Yet, health officials said, the religious heads are not getting tested, refusing to wear masks and not following social distancing norms at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.
By the estimates of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP), the presiding body of all akhadas, about one lakh seers were at the religious congregation on Monday for the Shahi Snan. “The seers have been asked to isolate themselves and stay away from devotees. But, as was evident during the Shahi Snan, Covid-19 rules are being flouted. We are trying to make them understand what the guidelines are but they don’t pay heed,
The Centre s SOP said because of the situation, the duration would be reduced. I have no information of it being curtailed, Deepak Rawat, district magistrate, Haridwar, and Kumbh Mela officer said. (ANI)
HARIDWAR (UTTARAKHAND): The Kumbh Mela at Haridwar will continue and there is no information of it being curtailed, an official said on Wednesday.
A large number of devotees gathered at Haridwar s Har Ki Pauri on Wednesday for Ganga Arti amid the Covid-19 scare.
Deepak Rawat, district magistrate, Haridwar, and Kumbh Mela officer said the event used to begin in January but due to the Covid-19 situation, the state government decided to start it in April this time.
The forest minister has appointed Madhu Chauhan to the post of secretary.
DEHRADUN: By averting a series of decisions made by the Trivendra Rawat government, the present forest minister Harak Singh Rawat has showcased his place in the BJP. Among those averted are some of the national-level controversial issues such as Laldhang-Chillarkhal and removal of an official, Dipti Singh, from the post of secretary of the labour board who was deployed by former CM. The forest minister has appointed Madhu Chauhan to the post of secretary.
He also revoked the suspension order of 38 contractual workers of the labour board. In addition, the forest minister has brazenly gone ahead with the construction of Laldhang-Chillarkhal road for which clearances were still awaited and got funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore released for its construction. He also got Rs 20 crore funds for a super speciality hospital in his constituency, Kotdwar, which had been turned down by Trivendra Rawat a few months ago.
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Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat with Usha Negi, chairperson of child rights body at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday
DEHRADUN: Ripped jeans paves the way for societal breakdown and is a result of the “bad example” parents set for children, which also leads to substance abuse, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat said at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday.
“Kyanchi se sanskaar (culture by scissors) showing bare knees, wearing ripped denim and looking like rich kids these are the values being given now. Where is this coming from, if not at home? What is the fault of teachers or schools? Where am I taking my son, showing his knees and in tattered jeans? Girls are no less, showing their knees. Is this good? All of this, in a mad race of westernisation. While the western world follows us, doing yoga … covering their body properly. And we run towards nudity,” the newly-appointed chief minister said at the inaugural session of the two-day workshop organised by