Dehradun: With just a week left for the commencement of Kanwar Yatra, the Haridwar administration has said it is fully ready for traffic and security for the 13-day religious event.
As part of the annual yatra, kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva) from different parts of the country collect water from the Ganga river at Haridwar in Uttarakhand to offer at Shiva temples back home.
An unprecedented rush of kanwariyas is expected to throng the pilgrimage town during the yatra that is taking place after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the entire administrative machinery is fully prepared to successfully host the event, Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey said.
The 'Kanwar Pataris' (Kanwar yatra tracks) covering a distance of 50 km have been readied apart from all the facilities like toilets, drinking water and parking lots meant for the convenience of the kanwariyas, he said.
Apart from the government and private hospitals, 17 temporary medical camps are also being set up to provide healthcare facilities to the devotees, he said.
Drone surveillance of the routes will be done round the clock. The Yatra is scheduled to be held from 14 July to 26 July.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has appealed to the Shiva devotees to plant a sapling each during their visit to Haridwar. (with PTI inputs)
