New Delhi: Three days after putting tight conditions in Mela Gangasagar this year on the West Bengal Sagar Island after the third wave of Covid-19, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued a new guideline and dropped the BJP leader BJP Suvendu Adhikari from the three member committee had formed To monitor compliance with the protocol during the celebration of the annual Sankranti Makar.
HC said that only pilgrims have taken the Covid-19 vaccine dose and can show the second dose certificate must be allowed to enter Mela, held from January 8-16.
In addition, visitors need to have a negative report from the RT-PCR test, which is done 72 hours before the visit.
The Calcutta High Court dropped the opposition leader at the State Assembly of the three member committees formed on January 7 to monitor the compliance of Covid limitations in Mela Gangasagar, after the objection from the West Bengal Government of Trinamool Congress.
The Head of the Head of Justice Head of Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Jaws Doma Bhutia has now compiled it to the two members of the members consisting of former Justice Samapti Chatterjee and members of the West Bengal Legal Services Authority.
Last Friday, the Calcutta High Court had discarded a petition supported by the doctor who urged the scrapping from Mela Gangasagar at a country time to experience the third wave of Covid.
The division bench is a committee of three members consisting of opposition leaders, BJP ‘Adhikari, Chair of the State Human Rights Commission and State Representative to maintain compliance obligations on court orders and the steps stated by the state in it Affidavit was submitted before HC.
Congid Curbs announced by the State on January 2 limits social, religious and cultural meetings of up to 50 people at once.
The bench has also directed the government to declare the entire Sagar Island area who was told, iteration on Monday was carried out within 24 hours.
West Bengal currently has 8.21,446 active cases, 97,827 more than Monday.
The state reported 277 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Municipal Corporation has conducted a quick mandatory pilgrimage antigen test.
“Visitors are being tested for Covid.
When tested positively, they were taken to the government-managed isolation centers,” said a health official to Ani.
Annual celebration during Sankranti Makar witnessed thousands of pilgrims who came from all over India to Sagar Island to swim in the Holy Gangga River.
(With input from the agency)