Kanwar Yatra: NCRTC to shift Rapid Rail barricade on Delhi-Meerut road

Kanwar Yatra: NCRTC to shift Rapid Rail barricade on Delhi-Meerut road to facilitate the movement of devotees during the yatra, reports PTI.

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To facilitate the movement of devotees during the 'Kanwar Yatra' the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has started shifting its barricades on the Delhi-Meerut Road. Every year the Kanwars take this route to reach Haridwa, officials said on July 9. 

The NCRTC would deploy its traffic personnel as per the route diversion plan chalked out by Ghaziabad traffic police, they said.

NCRTC MD Vinay Kumar Singh monitored the progress of broadening of the Kanwar route and also the construction of a rapid rail depot and the administrative building, according to an official release.

Every year during the auspicious Hindu month of 'Shravan' which usually lies in the month of July-August thousands of Lord Shiva devotees known as 'Kanwars' visits Hindu pilgrimage place like Gangotri and Gaumukh in Uttarakhand and Haridwar. Kanwars fetch 'Gangajal' from the holy river Ganga and offer it to Lord Shiva in temples. During this Yatra, the Kanwariyas carry 'Kanwar' or the small bamboo pole on which two earthern pots are hung on either end carry it on their shoulder balancing them throughout the journey. This yatra is a month long where devotees are usaully seen in saffron coloured clothes. 

(With inputs from PTI)