With the rise in tourists in the state the Uttarakhand government decided to allow only 50 tourists at Mussorie’s famous Kempty falls with a maximum permissible time limit of 30 minutes.
District Magistrate Iva Ashish Shrivastava in his statement said that, “A check-post will be set up to monitor the tourists,” This development has come after undated videos, circulating widely on social media, showing a large number of tourists bathing at the falls without maintaining social distancing norms.
According to the State Bank of India’s report, Vaccination is the only option if India has to mitigate the impact of the possible third wave of coronavirus infection, which is expected to reach its peak in the second week of August,A deadly and virulent second wave tore through the country in April-May during the second wave, bringing the health infrastructure to its knees with massive shortages of key medicines, hospital beds and oxygen supplies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his revamped council of ministers that There should be no space for carelessness or complacency, adding that many countries are witnessing a spike in cases and the virus is also mutating.
Earlier, the centre had cautioned that people roaming in hill stations and markets without following COVID-19-appropriate behaviours can nullify the gains made in the management of the pandemic so far.
The government said that the Violations of Covid protocols will lead to further increase in the infections as it stressed on wearing of masks and maintaining physical distancing.
