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Kedarnath Yatra plan being put off for a week due to Bad Weather
by Kanika Sharma Travel BloggerBhimashankar Ling, Kedarnath Temple’s chief priest has advised
the devotees on Sunday who is making plans to visit the shrine, to put a hold
on their plan for a week due to the poor weather and road conditions leading
toward the temple. Rawal, the chief priest said that the journey at present can be
dangerous and risky but it can be hoped that things will be fine very soon
as the snow is melting and the work of the pedestrian route to Kedarnath on
Linchauli is pacing up.
From Ukhimath by the chief priest that the slopes to
Kedarnath on the Linchauli route are very steep that they can cause many problems.
In that area, snow is very still and wet soil. 7-8 more days are required to
complete the road and so the pilgrims are advised to put a hold on their Kedarnath journey for a week at least the state government, although is working to construct and repair the roads over time, still, everything at present is not in place completely. In this area,
no operators of mules are found this year and only state government facilities
are available there.
On Sunday, the Kedarnath Yatra stopped the following
snowfall there and in the nearby areas. The SP of Rudraprayag, Barinderjit
Singh told that the entire valley of Kedarnath has received snowfall since
morning which brought a halt to the Yatra and the devotees moving ahead were asked
to wait and be at Sonprayag for the poor weather to get cleared and then they
can resume.
In an area of 4 kms from the shrine, snowfall was seen in
Kedarnath on Sunday which hampered the pilgrim’s Yatra towards it. The District
Magistrate of Rudraprayag, Raghav Langer told that there are about 5-6 inches of
snowfall in an area of Kedarnath and they have temporarily stopped the Yatra
for the safety of the pilgrims till the 12th May evening. On 13th May, they
decided whether or not to precede the Yatra. The Char Dham Yatra 2022 thereby coming to a standstill for the time
being.
Till the evening of Monday, the pilgrims were not be given
permission to go beyond Sonprayag. Mr. Langer told that about 574 devotees were
there in the valley of Kedarnath when they decided to put a halt on the Yatra
at 6 on the morning of Sunday. Most of them were coming back from the temple.
The authorities on Sunday asked the pilgrims to wait at any nearest point and
halt there. Mr. Langer told that whenever the conditions of the weather are
becoming favorable, the pilgrims are being escorted by the (SDRF) State
Disaster Response Force personnel and the police to ensure that the pilgrims
return safely to Sonprayag. He said that many pilgrims have returned safely
from Kedarnath and only 8 pilgrims remained there by evening on Sunday.
Anand Sharma, Dehradun Meteorological Centre’s Director said
that in the coming 2 days there will a chance of snowfall reaching a higher
level than Kedarnath. Thunderstorms and rainfall are expected at Gangotri,
Yamunotri, and Badrinath.
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