They reached the Kumbh Mela by the afternoon.
There is no way by which anybody can justify the holding of mass gatherings of the scale that the Kumbh Mela entails at this time.
A mandatory medical fitness certificate would be needed by devotees coming from other states, and this would have to be uploaded on the web portal while registration and checked randomly.
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Earlier, the Haridwar District Magistrate, C Ravishankar had said that pilgrims will need passes to attend the Kumbh.
A total of 12,000 police and 400 personnel of the central forces will keep an eye on the Kumbh Kshetra spread over an area of 670 hectares, from Haridwar to Devprayag, to maintain law and order and ensure that the anti-Covid protocol is followed strictly.