Uttarkashi: Chardham Yatra will be formally started with the opening of Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham doors on Akshaya Tritiya today. Mother Ganga’s Bhogamurti Vigraha Doli left for Gangotri Dham from Mukhaba village on Tuesday at 11:57 am in Abhijeet Muhurta.
Mother Ganga’s Vigraha Doli will rest at Bhairo Valley at night. Mother Ganga’s Doli will reach Gangotri Dham on Wednesday morning on Akshaya Tritiya. Where the doors of the temple will be opened at 10:30 am with rituals.
At the same time, preparations are in full swing for the arrival of Mother Yamuna in Yamunotri Dham and Yamuna ji’s farewell in Kharsali village, the maternal home of Mother Yamuna. On the holy festival of Akshaya Tritiya, the palanquin of Maa Yamuna will leave for Yamunotri Dham from its winter abode Kharsali village at 8:30 am and after reaching the Dham and taking bath etc., the doors of the temple will be opened for the devotees at 11.55.
Three-phase plan for traffic management
The Chardham Yatra route has been divided into 15 super zones, 41 zones and 217 sectors. The police have also activated a total of 624 CCTV cameras on the Yatra route this time. Nine ASP and DSP level officers have been instructed to camp at different places on the Yatra route. Along with this, for the first time this year, a demand for 10 companies of paramilitary forces has also been made from the central government. Big preparations have been claimed for the most important traffic plan.
This year, traffic management will be done on the basis of Plan A, B and C. Under this, alternative routes have been marked in case of crowd and excessive crowd on various routes. Officers and employees have also been deployed on these.
