Three pilgrims were killed, eight critically injured, and nine went missing as a bus bound for Badrimath Shrine fell into a 300 metres gorge in Rudraprayag on Thursday morning.
The Uttarakhand government has suspended the Chardham pilgrimage due to intense to extremely intense rain alerts issued by the meteorological department for nine districts in the state.
Offline registrations for the same day are now easily available for the pilgrims as the crowd on the roads have come down substantially.
The Union Home Ministry has also pitched in to support the Uttarakhand government in its crowd management exercise on chardham routes.
The order authorised cops deployed at the chardham temples to register cases against video and reel makers under section 153A(2) of the IPC.
The deaths prompted the Uttarakhand government to conduct mandatory medical examinations of devotees above 50 years of age.
After the meeting, Dhami announced that "Char Dham Yatra will be starting in the next four months".
Over three lakh more pilgrims than last year have visited the chardham so far this season. Till Monday a total of…
