Uttarakhand / Haridwar : Demanded to start Char Dham Yatra and increase the time of opening of the market

Traders have demanded to start the Char Dham Yatra and extend the time of opening the market. Social worker and District President of Mahanagar Vyapar Mandal Sunil Sethi held a meeting with travel businessmen at the taxi stand and criticized the policies of the government and said that the process of unlocking is going on in all the states. Big states have been opened. Vaishnodevi Yatra is open for devotees. But the attitude of the government on the Char Dham Yatra is a blow to the interests of the tourism-related businessmen. The government should open the Char Dham Yatra for pilgrims following the COVID guidelines. If the Chardham Yatra is not started, then the traders associated with tourism will be ruined. Traders are repeatedly demanding from the government to start Chardham Yatra and give relief. But the government is not sleeping. The government is neither giving any relief to the traders, nor is it starting the Chardham Yatra. Sethi said that after the struggle of the traders, the government has given permission to open shops five days a week from 8 am to 5 pm. He demanded that the government should increase the opening time of shops from evening to 9 pm. Taxi union president Nathiram Saini, metropolitan president Jitendra Chaurasia and former head Dharampal Singh said that the wheels of vehicles have stopped since 2020. The batteries of the vehicles get damaged due to continuous standing. It is becoming difficult to meet the expenses of the family. But no louse is crawling on the ears of the government. He said that from the attitude of the government, it seems that Corona is only for the businessmen of Uttarakhand. When all states are opening. If business is going on, then why is the state government doing step-motherly treatment to tourism-dependent Uttarakhand. The government should give relief to the traders starting the journey as soon as possible. Manmohan Singh, Vikram Singh Negi, Madhusudan, Krishna Kumar, Jaglal Gupta, Rajesh Pradhan, Tejpal Saini, Vinod Kumar, Ramesh Chand, Deepak Kumar, Hanni Damir, Sonu Chaudhary etc. were present in the meeting.