Don't allow Kanwar Yatra 2021, can cause third wave of coronavirus: IMA
Indian Medical Association (IMA), Uttarakhand urged Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to cancel the proposed Kanwar Yatra 2021 in an order to avoid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The IMA's state secretary Amit Khanna brought Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's attention to the warnings of medical experts about a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He even asked CM Dhami to not allow the proposed Kanwar Yatra 2021 to go ahead.
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He reminding the Uttarakhand Chief Minister how people went off guard after the first wave that resulted in a major crisis during the second wave. The IMA Secretary further asked Dhami to take all these things into consideration and then take decisions in the interest of the state and the country as a whole.
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In a letter to Dhami, IMA stated that: "After the first wave, we became off-guard and could not follow the guidelines of the central government delineated for this pandemic which was a gross negligence on our part and consequently lost several of our kins in the menace of the second wave of the Covid pandemic".
CM Dhami has already said that though the Kanwar Yatra was connected with religious sentiments saving lives was the state government's utmost priority.
However, a final decision will be taken in consultation with the neighboring states including UP, Haryana, and others.
-PTC News
