More than 23 thousand devotees arriving in a day.
More than 40 lakh 92 thousand pilgrims have arrived so far during this Yatra period.
Uttarakhand News:
As per government sources, the ongoing Chardham Yatra has gained momentum in the second phase after the monsoon. Long queues of pilgrims are being witnessed at Kedarnath Dham after the monsoon season. On Monday 14 October, 27,789 pilgrims visited the Chardham. Despite the journey to Kedarnath being difficult and challenging, the highest number of 11,309 pilgrims reached there on 14 October to visit Lord Kedarnath. Similarly, 6644 pilgrims visited Badrinath, 2406 in Gangotri and 3290 pilgrims visited Yamunotri.
According to the figures provided by the government, a total of 40,92,360 pilgrims have visited the Chardham so far during this Yatra period.
According to government sources, due to the efficient travel management and continuous monitoring of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, even the disaster of Kedarghati has not been able to dampen the enthusiasm of the pilgrims. The confidence of the pilgrims towards the government has increased due to the improvement in security arrangements and all the arrangements in the travel route and halts. The enthusiastic pilgrims have praised the efforts of the government wholeheartedly for this. According to government sources, the way heavy rains had caused devastation in Kedarghati on the night of July 31, it was not easy to restore the footpath in that situation. The government accepted this difficult challenge and restored the journey as soon as possible. Now, with the portals of all the four Dhams set to close next month, tremendous enthusiasm is being seen among the pilgrims during the last few days of the Yatra that remains.
Expressing his views on the Chardham Yatra, CM Dhami said that “Smooth, safe and well-organized Chardham Yatra has been the top priority of the government. Every year lakhs of devotees from the country and abroad come to the Chardham Yatra. Our government is committed to providing a safe environment to the pilgrims. Chardham Yatra is also linked to the economy of the state. In view of the speed with which the number of devotees is increasing in the state today, we have to further expand the travel arrangements. The exercise for this has also been started. This time the arrangements were affected due to the Kedarghati disaster, but the government faced this difficult challenge firmly and restored the Kedar Yatra well in time.”
