Rains, fear of landslides halt Char Dham Yatra at Rishikesh
3 min readExpress News Service
DEHRADUN: The native administration has stopped all website guests going from Rishikesh within the course of Char Dham until further uncover. After the Yatra routes connecting Kedarnath and Badrinath have been closed due to unhealthy local weather and landslides, police alerted the pilgrims on the Brahmapuri check submit and stopped them from persevering with further.
Meanwhile, the Badrinath freeway was closed on Sunday morning due to heavy particles near Bajpul, Chada, Pinaula and Tayapul near Chamoli market. This induced a halt in yatra to Badrinath Dham.
Vehicular website guests on this route has been briefly diverted by the use of the Nandprayag-Sekot-Kothialsen route.
“The work of clearing the debris at the places where the road has been blocked due to landslides is going on continuously and the traffic is expected to be smooth soon,” Joshimath Sub Divisional Magistrate Kumkum Joshi instructed this newspaper.
According to administrative sources, “Pilgrims will now have to wait till May 3 to go on Kedarnath Yatra. On Sunday, pilgrims kept gathering information about the registration for Kedarnath at the registration counter throughout the day and later registered for the remaining three dhams — Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri.”
Chardham Yatra registration in-charge Premanand said that due to unhealthy local weather, the registration of Kedarnath Yatra was stopped from April 25 to 30 on the orders of the federal authorities. Due to the scarcity of clear local weather, the federal authorities has extended this ban on registration till May 3.
At the similar time, the work of eradicating particles from the freeway has been started, due to which website guests has been stopped at Badrinath Dham near Marwari Bridge. Due to the disruption of the Yatra route, devotees wanted to attend on the freeway for hours and confronted an entire lot of points in arranging meals and water.
DEHRADUN: The native administration has stopped all website guests going from Rishikesh within the course of Char Dham until further uncover. After the Yatra routes connecting Kedarnath and Badrinath have been closed due to unhealthy local weather and landslides, police alerted the pilgrims on the Brahmapuri check submit and stopped them from persevering with further.
Meanwhile, the Badrinath freeway was closed on Sunday morning due to heavy particles near Bajpul, Chada, Pinaula and Tayapul near Chamoli market. This induced a halt in yatra to Badrinath Dham.
Vehicular website guests on this route has been briefly diverted by the use of the Nandprayag-Sekot-Kothialsen route.
“The work of clearing the debris at the places where the road has been blocked due to landslides is going on continuously and the traffic is expected to be smooth soon,” Joshimath Sub Divisional Magistrate Kumkum Joshi instructed this newspaper.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
According to administrative sources, “Pilgrims will now have to wait till May 3 to go on Kedarnath Yatra. On Sunday, pilgrims kept gathering information about the registration for Kedarnath at the registration counter throughout the day and later registered for the remaining three dhams — Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri.”
Chardham Yatra registration in-charge Premanand said that due to unhealthy local weather, the registration of Kedarnath Yatra was stopped from April 25 to 30 on the orders of the federal authorities. Due to the scarcity of clear local weather, the federal authorities has extended this ban on registration till May 3.
At the similar time, the work of eradicating particles from the freeway has been started, due to which website guests has been stopped at Badrinath Dham near Marwari Bridge. Due to the disruption of the Yatra route, devotees wanted to attend on the freeway for hours and confronted an entire lot of points in arranging meals and water.
