Chardham Yatra includes Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamnotri and Gangotri. This yatra has been suspended by the Uttarakhand government in wake of rising COVID cases.
The Char Dham yatra for this year, which was supposed to start from May 14 this year, has been suspended by the Uttarakhand Government in view of rising COVID cases.
Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said, “The Uttarakhand government has suspended Char Dham Yatra this year in view of COVID-19 situation in the state. Only priests of the four temples will perform rituals and puja.”
The four pilgrimage sites of India are Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri, all four situated in Uttarakhand.
It needs to be mentioned that the Uttarakhand recorded the highest single-day spike of 6,054 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total tally to 1,68,616, while 108 deaths took the toll to 2,417.
With a total of 45,383 active COVID-19 cases in the state, a total of 1,17,221 have recovered, the state health officials said.