Preparations are underway for the opening of the portals of Shri Badrinath Dham on May 18. The temple will open on Brahmamuhurt at 4.15 am on May 18. The staff, officers of various departments and Chardham Devasthanam Board are in Badrinath Dham and have started the necessary preparations for the opening of the doors. Snow has been removed from the temple premises.
The cleanliness and paintwork are in full swing, the Nagar Panchayat Badrinath has completed sanitation and cleanliness work in the entire Badrinath Dham, as well as repairing work is also going on. And the water and power system has been restored. Special attention is also being given to social distancing and wearing masks has been made mandatory, informed Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Board.
Various other departments like electricity, drinking water have gathered at Badrinath Dham to see the arrangements. Meanwhile, the portals of the Kedarnath temple in the Rudraprayag district will be opened for pilgrims on May 17.
The portals were closed in November last year for the winter season. According to a government advisory, pilgrims not allowed to visit these religious places in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
Witnessing a continuous surge in coronavirus infections across the country, India reported over 3.60 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases and close to 3,300 related deaths in the last 24 hours, its biggest single-day hike since the onset of the pandemic. A total of 3,60,960 new COVID-19 cases, 3,293 related deaths and 2,61,162 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total active cases to 29,78,709, as per the health ministry update on Wednesday morning. The total count of positive cases now stands at 1,79,97,267 whereas the death toll has soared up to 2,01,187 deaths. A total of 1,48,17,371 people have recovered so far from the disease.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as many as 28,27,03,789 samples tested for COVID-19 up to April 27. Of these 17,23,912 samples tested on Tuesday. The total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered stand at over 14,78,27,367 crore, informed the health ministry.
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