New Delhi: The Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand is ready to start form today (September 18, 2021) after its prolonged suspension thanks to COVID-19. each day after the Nainital supreme court lifted the ban on Chardham Yatra and allowed only fully COVID vaccinated people with a compulsory COVID-19 negative report for the annual pilgrimage, the Uttarakhand government issued an in depth SOP to start out the yatra from Saturday with strict adherence to COVID-19 norms.
The court also imposed a daily limit on the amount of pilgrims visiting the Himalayan temples and ordered devotees to follow strict COVID-19 protocols. consistent with the SOP issued by the government , over 1,000 pilgrims are allowed daily on Badrinath, 800 on Kedarnath, 600 on Gangotri and 400 on Yamunotri.
The SOP also stated that the pilgrims will need to carry a document certifying administration of both doses of the anti-COVID vaccine a minimum of 15 days back or a negative RT/PCR/TrueNat/CBNAAT/RAT COVID-19 test report not older than 72 hours.
Additionally, pilgrims coming from other states will need to compulsorily register at the Smart City portal. The court has also directed that nobody are going to be allowed to require a shower in any of the springs round the temples. police are going to be deployed as per requirement during the Char Dham Yatra in Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts.
The Uttarakhand supreme court vacated its stay Chardham Yatra on Thursday in sight of the decline in positive cases of the pandemic. The government was also struggling to start out the yatra because the
