Kumbh Mela: Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Visits Rishikesh To Review Arrangements In View Of Covid Spread

<p><strong>Rishikesh:</strong> Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash on Friday visited the Kumbh mela area in Rishikesh and expressed his dissatisfaction over the arrangements at the government hospital there.</p> <p>Asking the hospital administration to improve the condition of wards and repair non-functional lifts by March 31, the chief secretary said he will visit it once again on April 6 to take stock of arrangements.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/3rtxGqo In Uttarakhand's Rishikesh Closed For 48 Hrs After 16 Employees Test Positive For Covid-19</a></span><br /><br /></strong>However, the official was happy with the arrangements done at the Triveni Ghat, one of the famous banks of the Ganga where devotees converge during Kumbh for a bath.</p> <p>Haridwar Kumbh begins on April 1 and parts of Rishikesh fall in the area notified as Mela Kshetra.</p> <p>Uttarakhand High Court lawyer Shiv Bhatt who represents a petitioner who has gone to court complaining about inadequate arrangements in view of COVID-19 in the Kumbh Mela area also accompanied the chief secretary.</p> <p>The high court had recently issued orders to the state government to strengthen the arrangements in the Kumbh Mela area and ensure strict compliance of COVID-19 guidelines.</p> <p>Mela official Deepak Rawat, Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Shrivastava and Tehri DM Iva Ashish Shrivastatva were also with the chief secretary who reviewed the arrangements at a number of places, including the bathing ghats of the Lakshman Jhula and Swargashram, Lakshmi Narayan, Geeta Bhawan and Paramartha Niketan premises.&nbsp;</p>

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