Hundreds of people were seen disregarding Covid-19 norms as they gathered on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar, Uttarkhand for the Ganga Dussehra on Sunday. Similar scenes were observed in the city of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Covid-19 logs were blatantly violated when supporters without face masks jostled to take a bath at the Panchal ghat in Farrukhabad, as seen in the following pictures:
Hundreds of people came to Farrukhabad to bathe in the river for Ganga Dussehra. (Photo: India Today / Feroz Khan)
Followers jostled to take a bath at the Panchal Ghat in Farrukhabad (Photo: India Today / Feroz Khan)
People without face masks who violated Covid-19 protocols. (Photo: India Today / Feroz Khan)
Every year, people from the surrounding districts flock to Farrukhabad to celebrate the festival and bathe in the river. The district administration made arrangements to expect large crowds, but to no avail.
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“There is a huge crowd for Ganga snaan, but the people are careless,” says Gaurav, a devotee who has come to bathe in the sacred river.
“Nobody here follows the Covid guidelines. I am vigilant and I keep my face mask on. I would like to appeal to the people who come here to take a bath, follow the Covid guidelines, wear a mask and keep social distance. The coronavirus hasn’t gone away, “said Gaurav.
Meanwhile in Haridwar, devotees bathed in the Har Ki Pauri Ghat to observe Ganga Dussehra. Here, too, one could see people failing to take proper precautions; They did not maintain social distancing on the ghat and waded into the river without masks.
Believers in Har Ki Pauri Ghat, Haridwar on Ganga Dussehra (ANI photo)
Social distancing was not observed on the ghat (ANI photo)
“We asked people to take holy baths in their homes. Only people with negative RT-PCR certificates may be admitted at the border.
Ganga Dussehra is celebrated on the tenth day (Dashami) of the waxing phase of the moon (Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu month of Jyeshtha, which also marks the day on which the goddess Ganga is said to have descended from heaven to earth.
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(With inputs from Feroz Khan and ANI)
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