Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told ANI, "As weather conditions have improved, pilgrims are allowed to visit the Kedarnath Dham", DGP Ashok Kumar said.
However, the Uttarakhand government has stopped accepting registration applications from pilgrims for the Kedarnath Dham Yatra in view of heavy snowfall on the pilgrimage route and a warning of inclement weather by the Met department.
Congress' Kerala president K Sudhakaran on Monday asked Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani to waive off submission of passports for NRIs selected for this year's Hajj pilgrimage through the government quota.
The Uttarakhand government has halted the registration process of pilgrims for the Kedarnath Dham Yatra in view of heavy snowfall in the Kedarnath pedestrian route and Dham and the warning of the Meteorological Department.
Furthering the concepts of Dekho Apna Desh and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat as envisioned by the central government, Indian Railways is all prepared to launch the Puri-Gangasagar Divya Kashi Yatra from Pune on Friday for interested pilgrims.
"There was heavy snowfall in Kedarnath Dham yesterday. Pilgrims are requested to be alert and begin their yatra by looking at the weather," said Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar.
The first batch of pilgrims left Haridwar for the Chardham Yatra on Saturday. The Yatra began today from Yamunotri Dham on the auspicious occasion of Akshay Tritiya.
This time the state government is making every possible effort to make the Chardham Yatra smooth and safe for the devotees. The pilgrims will get the best health services on the Yatra route. On the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Health Minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat, He