PIONEEREDGE NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun With the State witnessing a respite from heavy rains, the State administration has lifted the Char Dham Yatra suspension it had ordered on September 1 for five days. The district authorities in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts, where the Char Dham are situated have been authorised to take decisions on permitting or halting the pilgrimage. The Yatra to Badrinath and Kedarnath was permitted on Saturday while Yamunotri was open for local pilgrims. The Yatra to Gangotri remains suspended. Talking to The Pioneer, Garhwal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said that the suspension ordered on the Yatra till September 5 has been withdrawn. “The district magistrates concerned have been authorised to permit or halt the Yatra considering local conditions.The pilgrimage to Badrinath and Kedarnath was permitted while local devotees were allowed in Yamunotri on Saturday while the Yatra to Gangotri was not permitted,” he said. It is pertinent to mention here that the Char Dham Yatra was suspended on September 1 by the State government considering the heavy rain, landslides and red warnings issued regarding the possibility of heavy rains in the State. According to sources in Uttarkashi, the destruction caused by the disaster in Dharali last month has affected the pilgrimage while the national highway to Yamunotri is also affected by landslides, due to which only local pilgrims were allowed in Yamunotri.
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