Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has decided to ban the entry of foreigners who have not completed their 15-day stay in India in all Delhi gurdwaras with immediate effect to check the spread of coronavirus.
The DSGMC said only those foreigners who are staying in India for more than 15 days will be allowed to visit gurdwara premises as a matter of precaution and preventive measures.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Manjinder Singh Sirsa president, DSGMC, said the committee is following all measures ordered by the Government of India. “We are preparing langar (food served to devotees) in house only. In the wake of coronavirus, no outside items shall be cooked/prepared in kitchen,” Sirsa said, adding, “We have conveyed that all the devotees have been requested to take langar prasad from main langar halls only.”
“All the gurdwara sevadar henceforth will start services in gurdwaras after sanitising them and washing their hands with soaps and take every possible precaution to check transmission of coronavirus,” said SAD leader.
While gurdwaras are known for their cleanness, leaving no stone unturned, this time too, the committee has directed volunteers to disinfected all the railings, lifts, chairs which are used by devotees and will be disinfected again and again as precautionary and preventive measures.
He also told that all the non-sikhs /Shahzdhari Sikhs who visit gurdwaras regularly have been advised to bring their own headscarf to cover their head which is mandatory to gain entry in the main hall and told that gurdwara authorities has discontinued providing headscarf in all Delhi gurdwaras to visiting devotees as a preventive measure to check transmission of coronavirus.