High Court ban on Chardham Yatra Despite the High Court staying the cabinet’s decision to start the Chardham Yatra, the Uttarakhand government, in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued late on Monday night, decided to start the Chardham Yatra for the local residents of three districts from July 1. have taken. According to the SOP, the Kovid negative report will be mandatory for the journey.
A clear provision has been made in the SOP for starting the Chardham Yatra. According to this, in the first phase, from July 1, Kedarnath for residents of Rudraprayag, Badrinath for residents of Chamoli, and Yamunotri and Gangotri for residents of Uttarkashi have been allowed. The second phase will be from July 11. In this, permission has been given to all the people of the state to travel to Chardham. Negative report of RTPCR, True Net, CBNET and Rapid test of maximum 72 hours duration has been made mandatory for Darshan.
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In fact, the High Court had on Monday stayed the Uttarakhand cabinet’s decision to start the Chardham Yatra from July 1. The court also directed the government to conduct live telecast of worship in Chardham. Along with this, by July 7, the information about the arrangements made for live streaming was asked to be given to the court through affidavit.
A division bench of Chief Justice RS Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma heard public interest litigations filed by advocates Dushyant Mainali, Satchidanand Dabral, and Anu Pant regarding health disorder and Chardham Yatra preparations during the Kovid period, in which Chief Secretary Omprakash, Tourism Secretary Dalip Jawalkar, Additional Secretary Ashish Chauhan appeared virtually. During this, this decision was given regarding the Chardham Yatra. Despite this, in the SOP issued by the government late at night, the first phase of Chardham Yatra has been told to start from July 1, while the second phase from July 11.
The High Court also said
The High Court also said that saving the lives of the people is not the responsibility of the Chardham Board but the responsibility of the government. On calling the live telecast not scriptural, the court said that when the religious texts were written, there was no technicality. The fair of Neem Karauri of Kainchi Dham, Jagannath Yatra of Puri in Odisha, and Amarnath Yatra of Jammu and Kashmir have been banned and the live telecast is happening, so what is the problem in a live telecast from the sanctum sanctorum in all the four Dhams. Saving thousands of lives is more important than Delta Plus at this time.
