-TheWire.in Last week, the Uttarakhand high court had observed that the pilgrimage cannot be allowed to turn into another Kumbh mela. New Delhi: Despite the 1800% increase in Uttarkhand’s active COVID-19 cases in the period coinciding with the Kumbh mela, the state government has given its green signal to hold the annual Char Dham yatra from May 14. The state government has agreed to allow the pilgrimage to four shrines – Yamunotri, Gangotri,...
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PM Modi has emerged as ‘super spreader’, says Dahiya
-The Tribune Jalandhar: Holding Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for spreading the second wave of Covid-19, national vice-president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr Navjot Dahiya today called him a ‘super spreader’ and blamed him for irresponsibly organising big political rallies in poll-bound states and even allowing Kumbh mela during such a serious situation. “While the medical fraternity is trying hard to make people understand mandatory Covid norms, PM Modi did...
More »Telangana asks to those who attended Kumbh mela to quarantine themselves for 14 days
-TheNewsMinute.com The health department asked those with symptoms to immediately get tested at the nearest government test centres, which are providing free services. Telangana's Health Department on Friday appealed to people from the state who attended Kumbh mela to quarantine themselves for 14 days. The Director of Public Health said all those who attended Kumbh mela held from April 1 to April 17 should quarantine and maintain physical distance from family members for...
More »No country for tanneries -Moumita Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph The troubles of the tanning industry are many. From Kanpur to Calcutta, it has turned into one big leather-hunt In May 2018, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government announced that tanneries in Jajmau in Kanpur would close down for three months between December and March during the Kumbh mela. Reason: to keep the river waters clean during the Hindu festival wherein millions of pilgrims take a dip at the confluence of...
More »Kanpur's Tanneries Are Collateral Damage in UP's Polarised Electoral Battle -Vivian Fernandes
-TheWire.in Nearly two months after the Kumbh mela ended, tannery owners are still waiting for the go ahead to reopen. Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): In Kanpur’s Jajmau cluster, 225 tanneries are still closed, even though the Maha Kumbh mela ended on March 4. While the discharge created by the tanneries is being cited as the official reason, tannery owners say the state’s urban development and environment ministries, as well as the chief minister’s...
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