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IMA Uttarakhand chapter urges CM not to allow Kanwar Yatra
Updated On: 12 July, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Dehradun | PTI
The fortnight-long yatra that begins with the onset of the month of Shravan around July 25 and goes on till the first week of August sees crores of Kanwariyas from neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh gathering in Haridwar to collect the holy waters of the Ganga
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The Indian Medical Association`s Uttarakhand chapter has written to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami requesting him to cancel the Kanwar Yatra this year for public safety in view of a possible third wave of Covid-19.
Drawing the chief minister`s attention to the warnings of medical experts about a third wave of the pandemic in a letter, the IMA`s state secretary Amit Khanna asked him to not allow the proposed Kanwar Yatra to go ahead.
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