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Right Uttarakhand move on Kanwar yatra, put health above polls
The double standard of the authorities is also evident in the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to press ahead with the Kanwar Yatra in its state from July 25.
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The Uttarakhand government’s decision to cancel the annual Kanwar Yatra needs to be lauded. The event draws about 120 lakh participants, far more than the officially estimated 40 lakh devotees who thronged the Mahakumbh Mela held at Haridwar from April 1 to 30. The Kumbh Mela, as has been well documented now, was disastrous for the hill state, causing a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases. Prior to the event on March 31, the total number of active cases in Uttarakhand was 1,863. This went up to 49,492, a massive jump of 2,600%, by the time the mela officially ended. The Kanwar Yatra had the potential to be a similar health disaster and its cancellation has quite rightly been applauded across all sections. But wh
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