Chardham Yatra Latest Update: It has been 6 days since Chardham Yatra started. The doors of Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamunotri Dham were opened on 10th May. The doors of Badrinath Dham opened after 2 days on 12th May, but this time the Chardham Yatra remains a cause of trouble. 2.76 lakh devotees have visited Char Dham in 6 days. More than 26 lakh devotees have registered. Lakhs of people are on the way to Chardham. The weather of Uttarakhand continues to remain bad. The weather department has given a yellow alert for rain.
At the same time, devotees are stuck in traffic jams on the roads, due to which the number of police personnel is less to handle them. 11 devotees have died in 6 days. Meanwhile, a horrifying video of the accident that took place during Chardham Yatra is going viral on social media. Late evening, two buses collided with each other near Pursadi on Badrinath Highway-7. The collision was so strong that two passengers were thrown out of the window, but the passenger narrowly escaped. There was no loss of life or property, but the video of the accident has surfaced.
Orders to proceed after health checkup
According to Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey, out of the 11 devotees who died in 6 days, 4 were diabetes patients. Over 1.55 lakh pilgrims have already visited Kedarnath, over 70,000 to Yamunotri and over 63,000 to Gangotri on the very first day. 45,000 people have visited Badrinath Dham in 3 days. Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has issued an order banning the use of mobile phones within a radius of 200 meters of the Char Dham temple complex. Offline registrations will remain closed till May 19. There will be a ban on VIP darshan till 31 May.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Char Dham Yatra is going on in full swing. Large number of pilgrims are reaching Yamunotri Dham for darshan. pic.twitter.com/y05m0BtMjr
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There are orders to register FIR against those who defame Chardham Yatra through fake news or videos. Authorities are under orders to allow pilgrims aged 50 and above to proceed only after health checkup. For this, the Health Department has deployed 184 doctors including 44 specialists on the way. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has entrusted his secretary, senior IAS officer R Meenakshi Sundaram, with the responsibility of overseeing the management of the Gangotri and Yamunotri yatras. For this the officers themselves are in the field.
Orders not to come to Uttarakhand without registration
State Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has appealed to the countrymen not to come to Uttarakhand on Chardham Yatra without registering. So far 26.73 lakh people have registered for Chardham Yatra. If any tour operation brings unregistered people, its permit will be cancelled. Advisory has been issued in 14 languages, plan to visit Uttarakhand only after reading it. Despite the government’s alert, if they come to Uttarakhand, then the travelers themselves will be responsible for the safety of their life and property, because considering the circumstances, about 10 thousand people have returned from the Chardham Yatra, so people can themselves estimate how much risk there is?