Uttarakhand govt revokes Har ki Pairi's escape channel status

The Uttarakhand government released a notification revoking the order which stated that Har-Ki-Pairi is on the banks of an "escape channel" of the Ganga canal and not on the banks of the Ganga river. CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said the decision to restore Har ki Pairi's status as being located on the banks of the Ganga is to honour the public sentiments.

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday released a notification revoking an order giving escape channel status to the Har ki Pairi ghat of the Ganga.

State government's Secretary Shailesh Bagoli issued the notification revoking the order.

A copy of the letter issued by the Uttarakhand govt

The earlier order issued in 2016 during Congress's Harish Rawat's tenure stated that the Har ki Pairi is on the banks of an escape channel of the Ganga canal and not on the banks of the Ganga river.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had on November 23 verbally announced the decision to revoke the order issued by the previous regime before holding a meeting with members of the Ganga Sabha and the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad to discuss the preparations for the 2021 Haridwar Kumbh.

He had said the decision to restore Har ki Pairi's status as being located on the banks of the Ganga is to honour the public sentiments and that of the priests who worship the river as their mother.

It may be mentioned here that former CM Harish Rawat had in July this year also termed the order issued by his government as a mistake and said that the BJP government should correct the mistake.