Amid the incessant rain in the North Indian hill state, Himachal Pradesh, over 300 roads have been blocked. The Indian Meteorological Department, on Monday, issued an orange alert for the next 24 hours in the state.
CM Dhami obtained information from the Disaster Control Room about the present weather condition, rain situation, water-logging and damages caused due to rain in the state.
Three female devotes hailing from Haryana who came to Kedarnath temple were taken to the hospital after their health conditions deteriorated, informed officials on Saturday.
Talking to ANI, Navprabhat said, "Some discussions have arisen regarding the donation of gold by a donor in Kedarnath and doubts are being expressed by the people. I have also spoken to some people who have been associated with this management committee and know about it in detail."
Congress leader and former president of Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee Ganesh Godiyal said, "When the colour of the gold had discoloured in a case of 2005, this time how did the temple committee give a tax exemption certificate to the donor without checking the gold?"
"Since the opening of the doors of Kedarnath Dham, ten lakh pilgrims have visited till now. This time an increase of 18 to 20 per cent has been recorded in the number of passengers as compared to the previous yatra. Every day 15 to 16 thousand pilgrims are visiting Kedarnath," DM Mayur Dixit
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) president Ajendra Ajay has said that gold-plating has been done on the jaleri of sanctum sanctorum of Kedarnath temple and a transparent acrylic layer has also been applied over it so that the gold polish is not damaged
Refuting the claims on social media platforms that the gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of the Kedarnath temple is brass, Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) termed it a "conspiracy".