No Kanwar Yatra This Year Due To Coronavirus Pandemic, Says Haryana

Coronavirus: Haryana stated it can make association to convey holy water from the Ganga

Chandigarh:

The Haryana authorities will make preparations to convey water from the Ganga river in Haridwar to the state on Maha Shivratri through the Shravan month this 12 months. However, the state authorities has determined to not enable kanwariyas to proceed on kanwar yatras this 12 months as a result of coronavirus pandemic.

Senior law enforcement officials and divisional commissioners in Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurugram have been directed to not enable kanwariyas to journey.

Official stated Haryana took this determination after the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments conveyed their incapability to make preparations for transit and keep of kanwariyas.

An official stated the state authorities has directed all deputy commissioners and police chiefs to instantly converse with kanwariya samitis and different teams of their districts to make sure the order is strictly adopted.