{"id":5349,"date":"2021-03-07T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2021-03-07T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:25:46","slug":"uttarakhand-govt-preparing-to-host-iconic-kumbh-mela-after-11-years-with-strict-covid-sop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/travel\/uttarakhand-govt-preparing-to-host-iconic-kumbh-mela-after-11-years-with-strict-covid-sop-5349\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttarakhand govt preparing to host iconic Kumbh Mela after 11 years with strict Covid SOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kumbh Mela 2021 in Haridwar, March 06:<\/strong> Uttarakhand state government is preparing itself hard for the cultural and iconic Kumbh Mela in Haridwar aiming to not lead to a spike in Covid cases. The state government has warned people that people who witnessed violating the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedure will be prosecuted under relevant provisions.<\/p>\n<p>As per a report by india.com, the famous event will be hosted from April 1 to April 30, 2021. The reports also suggest that this year the Mela will be of a shorter span than the previous years citing the Covid-19 risks. This year the Maha Kumbh will be of 30 days only against the time period of the Kumbh Mela 2010 which was from mid-January to April month.<\/p>\n<p>ANI has quoted the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand as saying that the citizens who will violate the Coivd-19 SOP will be prosecuted. He further detailed the procedure that is supposed to be followed by the pilgrims and tourists willing to visit Kumbh Mela at Haridwar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/travel\/indian-railways-flags-off-train-from-delhi-to-historic-mau-uttar-pradesh-5004\/\">Indian Railways flags off a train from Delhi to historic Mau, Uttar Pradesh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said that the pilgrims will need to upload their medical fitness certificate and a negative RT-PCR Covid-19 test, which must not be older than 72 hours, at the time of registration.<\/p>\n<p>After the registration formalities are done, an e-pass will be issued by the state government portal that will facilitate the travel of the pilgrims during the Mela. The information was laid by the bureaucrat of the state.<\/p>\n<p>After the gap of 11 long years, the pilgrims will be now able to witness the Kumbh Mela on the holy land of Haridwar. The last Kumbh Mela previously held in the state was in the year 2010 that witnessed the presence of 1.5 crore pilgrims and tourists from not only the country but the whole world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumbh Mela 2021 in Haridwar, March 06: Uttarakhand state government is preparing itself hard for the cultural and iconic Kumbh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[7323,7519,7522,7518,7520,7521],"yst_prominent_words":[1475,3401,4004,1081,147,1519,746,1692],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5349"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}