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UP govt to monitor Kanwar Yatra with helicopter, to shower flowers

The state government will monitor the upcoming Kanwar Yatra with a helicopter and also shower flowers on kanwariyas, an official statement issued here said on Saturday. According to the statement, Chief Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh government Manoj Kumar Singh and Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar convened a review meeting ahead of the yatra with officials of different states in Meerut Divisional Commissioner Auditorium. The meeting was attended by senior police and administrative officials of Meerut, Saharanpur, Aligarh and Moradabad divisions along with officials from Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. During the month on Sawan, which begins from July 22, people from Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan walk to Rishikesh and Haridwar in Uttarakhand to collect water from the Ganga river and bring it back to be offered in Shiva temples. In the review meeting, the chief secretary said that the entire yatra will be monitored by a helicopter and flowers will be shower

Religion over environment? UP govt plans to cut 33k trees for Kanwar route

The National Green Tribunal has sought detailed breakdown of the tree felling from the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government

5 Kanwariayas electrocuted to death, 5 others injured in UP's Meerut

According to officials, the incident took place in Bhawanpur's Rali Chauhan village in Meerut district when the vehicle of Kanwariyas came in contact with a low-hanging high-tension power line

Truck mows down Kanwar devotees in UP's Hathras, death toll rises to 6

Six persons, part of a group of Kanwar Yatra pilgrims on their way to Bhopal from Haridwar, were mowed to death by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district in the early hours of Saturday

Control room set up to facilitate Kanwar Yatra in Noida: UP police

The Gautam Buddh Nagar police has set up a special control room to facilitate movement of kanwariyas through the district, officials said on Wednesday

NCRTC shifting barricades on Delhi-Meerut Road to facilitate 'Kanwar Yatra'

NRCTC has started shifting its barricades on the Delhi-Meerut Road to facilitate the movement of devotees during the 'Kanwar Yatra' who take this route to Haridwar, officials said Saturday.

False secularism

Covid-19 restrictions should not be eased for any religion

Kanwar Yatra cancelled in Delhi to prevent spread of Covid-19 pandemic

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Sunday prohibited the annual Kanwar Yatra in the city to prevent the spread of Covid-19

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Kanwar Yatra: Uttarakhand govt allows states to take 'Ganga jal' in tankers

Uttarakhand government on Saturday allowed states to take 'Ganga jal' from Haridwar in water tankers days after the state government cancelled the Kanwar Yatra in light of Covid-19

Covid-19: SC says UP can't be allowed to hold even 'symbolic' Kanwar Yatra

Supreme Court on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it by July 19 on whether it would reconsider its decision to hold a symbolic Kanwar Yatra in state, saying right to life is paramount

All govts must take required action to curb Covid: Kejriwal on Kanwar Yatra

All governments and people alike must take required actions to curtail spread of Covid-19, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after decision of Uttar Pradesh government allowing 'Kanwar Yatra'

Fresh Covid worries

Mr Mandaviya has his task cut out as the threat of a third wave is real

Unholy horrors

Arguments made by some of those who question the contempt for these 'devout' young men in the city seem persuasive

Shekhar Gupta: 'Kanwarias' vs halloweeners

Modi-BJP govt draws its instincts from the street and responds likewise. This has flummoxed the Congress and isolated the critical elite