\u2018Adi Kailash-OM Parvat yatra\u2019 suspended for monsoon months<\/p>\n
B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n
Pithoragarh, June 24<\/p>\n
In view of rainy monsoon months which are synonymous with landslides and other kind of disasters in the hills, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN), the nodal agency for \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018OM Parvat\u2019 pilgrimage, suspended it’s yatra operation from June 25, this year .<\/p>\n
According to Nigam officials, the last and 15th batch of \u2018Adi Kailash Yatra\u2019,\u00a0 consisting 39 pilgrims,\u00a0 will reach Dharchula base on June 25.” The seven day yatra begins from Kathgodam and returns from Kathgodam after completion on seventh day,” said Dhan Singh, incharge of base camp of yatra at Dharchula.<\/p>\n
“Keeping\u00a0monsoon rains in mind, the Nigam has suspended booking for yatra from June 25, this year. The booking for the yatra will be resumed from September first week, after the rains,” said L.M.Tiwari, manager of \u201cAdi Kailash Yatra\u2019 with Nigam based at Nainital.<\/p>\n
The KMVN started hosting the yatra from May 13, this year and till date\u00a0 a total of 595 \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 pilgrims from all over the country have completed the yatra this year. The \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018OM Parvat Yatra\u2019 got a boost last year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 on October 12, last year.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Adi Kailash-OM Parvat yatra\u2019 suspended for monsoon months B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, June 24 In view of rainy monsoon months which are synonymous with landslides and other kind of disasters in the hills, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN), the nodal agency for \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018OM Parvat\u2019 pilgrimage, suspended it’s yatra operation from June 25, this year …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,39,59],"tags":[2238,259,435,2239,160],"class_list":["post-5078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-adikailash","tag-dharchula","tag-kmvn","tag-omparvat","tag-pithoragarh"],"yoast_head":"\n