Char Dham Yatra: Online registration exemption granted for residents of U’khand
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The residents of Uttarakhand will not have to undergo the process of online registration for the Char Dham Yatra this year. The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave the order to the officers of the State administration during a review meeting of the preparations for the Char Dham Yatra at the secretariat on Tuesday. In the meeting the CM also directed that the arrangement for the Darshan of the deity should be made for the pilgrims who have already booked the hotels or home stays in the State for the Yatra. Similarly arrangements for Darshan to all the pilgrims visiting the State would be made during the Yatra season.
The CM directed that all the arrangements for a safe, planned and accessible Yatra should be made in time. He said that extensive publicity should be made during the Yatra so that the pilgrims arriving in the State visit other religious and tourist spots apart from Char Dhams during their visit. He suggested that the Tourism, Police and the Transport departments should undertake an awareness campaign for this. The CM said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an appeal to the pilgrims to spend at least five per cent of their total budget for pilgrimage for buying local products. This appeal would encourage the vocal for local campaign. He suggested that some products should be promoted on a large scale to encourage the local products. The CM said that the local products should be kept at the guest houses of the GMVN and the general public should be made aware about the local products. Dhami said that the arrangements of crash barriers should be made on the Yatra route and facilities should be made for the drivers at the parking places on the Yatra route.
He directed that whatever information needed from the pilgrims should be taken only once at the entry points. Dhami said that proper arrangement of crowd management should be made during the Char Dham Yatra. He said that the pilgrims coming to Uttarakhand should face no problem during their stay in the State. The CM suggested that those employees should be deputed in the Char Dham Yatra on priority who have expressed their interest for the Yatra duty. He said that the health camps should be set up in planned manner during the Yatra and local people should be kept as Yatra Mitras for the Yatra. The CM said that special emphasis on the fitness of the vehicles visiting the State for the Yatra should be made and for its coordination with other States should also be made.
The meeting was attended by the chief secretary SS Sandhu, additional chief secretary Radha Raturi, director general of police Ashok Kumar, secretaries R Meenakshi Sundaram, Shailesh Bagauli, AS Hyanki, Sachin Kurve, HC Semwal, Garhwal commissioner Sushil Kumar and others.
