Uttarakhand suspends Char Dham yatra after high court stay order

Tuesday, 29 June 2021Newsdesk

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday suspended the Char Dham yatra until further notice, a day after the state high court stayed for four weeks the Cabinet’s decision to allow the yatra for local residents of three districts from July 1.

New Delhi, 29 June 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express,On Monday, the government issued SOPs for the first phase of Char Dham yatra, in which residents of Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts would be allowed only after prior registration and RTPCR/TrueNat/RAT Covid negative test report. The SOPs said all residents of Uttarakhand will be allowed to visit the four shrines in the second phase from July 11, if they are carrying a negative Covid test report. A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma on Monday had issued the stay order while hearing a clutch of PILs related to availability of health infrastructure in the state.

Source -The Indian Express