2,141 tourists sent to home states from Haridwar in buses: Official

A total of 2,141 tourists were on Saturday sent from Uttarakhand's Haridwar district to their respective states in 47 buses, an official said.

There were 1,599 tourists from Gujarat and the rest were from 16 other states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, said District Tourism officer Seema Nautiyal.

They were stranded in different hotels and dharamshalas of Haridwar since the imposition of the country-wide lockdown to check the spread of COVID-19, Nautiyal said.