Prayagraj: At a time when the district administration is putting all efforts to strictly implement restrictions to curb the pandemic and the number of.
Prayagraj: The Prakash Parv, commemorating the 400th year of the birth of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru of Sikhs, culminated on Saturday. The celebrations, that kicked off across the country on April 12, ended today. Despite the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the celebrations bear special significance in terms of Sangam city wherein the gurudwara ‘Pakki Sangat’ is located. The gurudwara, which was visited by the Guru himself in the 17th century, is located at the Aiyapur locality of the city and finds a special place among the Sikh community.
The 9th Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Maharaj, arrived in 1666 and stayed at this place for six months and meditated at the banks of Sangam. This place also bears historical significance as Mata Gujri Devi conceived here the 10th Guru of the Sikh community, Guru Gobind Singh, who was later born in Patna.
Hem Singh (L) with his friend Shiraz Ahmad
PRAYAGRAJ: When the body of joint registrar of Allahabad high court, Hem Singh, lay wrapped in a plastic sheath at a private hospital in Prayagraj for several hours after he succumbed to Covid, his childhood Muslim friend drove 400km from Etawah to take his body to the crematorium and even lit the funeral pyre.
Singh’s wife and daughter had died two years ago and there was no one to perform the last rites. The poignancy couldn’t be missed amidst the unprecedented crisis unleashed by the pandemic’s lethal run, when the call of humanity blurred barriers.
The highest concentration of containment zones is in posh, urban and semi-urban pockets while rural areas in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna have comparatively fewer numbers
PRAYAGRAJ: In the past seven days, from April 18 to April 24, the number of Covid containment zones in Sangam city has gone up from 14 to 182.
The highest concentration of containment zones is in posh, urban and semi-urban pockets while rural areas in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna have comparatively fewer numbers, indicating that more cases are coming from the urban pockets during the current surge in Covid-19 cases in the city.
Inspector-General of police, Prayagraj range, K P Singh told TOI, “On April 18, there were 14 containment zones, but the number of such zones reached 182 till April 24, showing the rate at which the infection is spreading”.
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