The Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava has banned congregation at the river ghats of the Dehradun district on the occasion of Kartik Poornima on Monday.
Srivastava said that several devotees arrive at the Ganga ghats of Rishikesh and other holy rivers in the district to take a holy dip in the rivers on the occasion of Kartik Poornima every year but considering the risk of Covid-19 contagion here, no one will be allowed to gather near the rivers or take baths there.
The authorities will take strict actions against those violating rules by gathering or taking baths in the river under the Epidemic Diseases act 1897 and the Disaster Management Act 2005, informed DM.
