Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal and his counterpart in Delhi Goyal jointly inaugurated the camp set up at Delhi-UP border by Shiv Kanwar Samiti here in SIDCUl bypass, Transport association Bahadarabad on Saturday.
District administration is expecting more than 3.5 crore Kanwarias this year. Keeping this in view, they have made fool-proof arrangement to take the challenge facing them.
Kunjwal said that Kanwarias’ number has been increasing year after year and organising such camp is a pious work. He appealed to them to maintain communal harmony and cooperate with the administration. “All the arrangements have been made for your convenience. They travel on foot at least 200 kms. Such camps would therefore provide space for short stay and snacks will re-energise them so that they can complete their journey within the time frame. Welcoming the guest is long tradition of Uttarkahand and we should maintain such tradition. Our effort is to provide more and more comfort to them during their short stay in the State,” the Speaker of Uttarakhand said.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Goyal said that helping Kanwarias are obligation of the society. They travel a fairly long distance along with the holy Ganga water and in course of this, they come across a lot of problems. Providing them with short stay and snacks to freshen them would go a long way by way of a noble gesture, Goyal said.
He asked Kunjwal to make arrangement of Ambulance and doctors here so that the sick Kanwarias are given prompt medical treatment during their journey.
In response, Kunjwal assured that he would do everything to ensure that the pilgrims are provided with medical facility while they are in Uttarakhand.