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Press Trust of India - Aug 18, 2014 at 05:27pm IST Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday said his focus on conducting the annual pilgrimages to the high-altitude shrines located in the state was meant to revive tourism which received a setback after last year's calamity. "As last year's calamity dealt a severe blow to the confidence of people wanting to visit its famous temples, I made it my priority to restore their confidence about their safety and focused on the safe conduct of the Char Dham and Nandadevi Raj Jat yatras,"  Rawat said at a press coneference here soon after the formal start of the Nandadevi Raj Jat yatra from Nauti village in the hill district of Chamoli. The Chief Minister said he wanted to give the impression to the outside world that Uttarakhand is as normal and safe a hill state as any other in the country and they had nothing to fear. "I did not want them to harbour an illusion that Uttarakhand had become inaccessible a...

PTI | Apr 27, 2014, 07.10 PM IST DEHRADUN: All preparations are complete for the start of Chardham yatra from May 2 with the road from Rudraprayag to Joshimath on way to Badrinath fully black-topped and the snow-clogged highway leading to the Himalayan shrine cleared of snow and opened to traffic, chief secretary Subhash Kumar on Sunday said. The damaged stretch at Bhimtalla has been repaired but some work remains to be done on a 300 metre patch from Joshimath to Lambhagad Binakoli. However, that is not going to interrupt the yatra slated to begin from May 2 with the opening of the sacred portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri in Garhwal Himalayas, the chief secreraty who is currently touring Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts to assess preparedness for the annual pilgrimage said. 700 volunteers of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering are at work on the pedestrian route between Rudraprayag and Gaurikund on way to Kedarnath to finish it by May 4 when the famed Himalayan temp...

TNN | Apr 25, 2014, 05.04 AM IST DEHRADUN: With barely three days to go for the deadline to complete preparations for the Char Dham yatra, commencing on May 2, the Harish Rawat government on Thursday deployed 200 more professionally-trained personnel from different departments, including 90 jawans from newly-created State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), to speed up work within the stipulated time. Uttarakhand government pressed into service 90 SDRF's jawans on the Kedarnath route to help clear the four to five-feet layer of snow on the newly re-constructed 9km Rambara to Kedarnath and 23km Sonprayag to Kedarnath trek routes. Additional chief secretary Rakesh Sharma who flew into Kedarnath town to monitor the yatra preparations said,"Once these treks are completely cleared, devotees on way to Kedarnath will no longer face any hurdles or problems on way to the shrine." A senior official accompanying Sharam told TOI that the STF members have successfully managed to ...

IANS , Apr 24, 2014 at 12:16am IST The Uttarakhand government has assured pilgrims of facilities and safety measures during the "Char Dham" and "Hemkund Sahib Yatra" in the hill state as it restarts May this year. This is the first time that pilgrimage is being allowed to religious places in Uttarakhand after last year's natural disaster in June left hundreds dead and many missing. "As part of the safety measures and to keep better track of all pilgrims coming for 'Char Dham Yatra', the state government is making registration system mandatory," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat told the media here Wednesday. "We want to ensure safety of pilgrims by making registration mandatory for all pilgrims undertaking the yatra. Registration counters will be set up at entry points of the state and also on yatra routes," he said. The pilgrimage was stopped June last year after cloudbursts and massive rainfall devastated the Hindu ...

Last Updated: Friday, April 11, 2014, 11:03 Mumbai: Uttarakhand, recovering from an unprecedented natural disaster last year, is all geared up to revive its tourism sector and pinning hopes on a good response to the annual Chardham Yatra beginning next month. The hill state, whose economy is hugely dependent on tourism, is home to Hindu holy shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri (Chardham), which attract a large number of devotees and religious travellers every year. "We are in the process of rebuilding the state's infrastructure (which was hit by the disaster). We are ready to begin the 'holy yatra' from May 2 with the opening of Yamunotri and Gangotri gates," Umakant Panwar, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Uttarakhand told reporters here. In June 2013, devastating floods and landslides caused destruction in the state. Though only 20 per cent of the state was affected by the calamity, it suffered a huge loss in terms of revenue. ...

Press Trust of India - Mar 25, 2014 at 11:26pm IST In a bid to put a fool-proof security system into place before the Char Dham yatra begins in May, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has ordered substantial deployment of SDRF personnel in danger zones prone to natural disasters en route to the famous Himalayan shrines located in the state. Reviewing preparations for the yatra scheduled to begin in the first week of May, the Chief Minister reminded officials of the April 30 deadline set for completion of road repair work along the pilgrimage route and asked them to deploy in full strength the newly constituted State Disaster Response Force personnel in the danger zones, official sources said in Dehradun on Tuesday. The sacred portals of Kedarnath whose adjoining areas bore the brunt of the tragedy last year are scheduled to open for devotees on May 5. Drawing lessons from the huge natural calamity last year during which the state government's preparedness to handle th...