Kolkata: Devendra Prasad Kewat, a retired Central Government employee, has begun his journey for Gangasagar a week ago from Gorakhpur (above) along with two other relatives with a rented bus.
They traveled 1,680 km and reached straight at the Covid testing tent opposite the Gardens Eden on Tuesday.
Kewat underwent a mandatory and positive fast test for Covid.
The relationship is also positive.
The three were sent to the safe Covid Covid Kolkata Corporation house in a commercial building located close to Science City.
The three woke up early on Friday morning and had to settle for witnessing the holy sauce in the gangasagar by worshipers sitting in a safe house directly on their cellphone.
Kewat, which on arrival has mild symptoms such as running nose and cough attacks are now fully suitable and has appealed to citizenship officials who run a safe house for the initial release.
According to KMC health department officials, around 130 pilgrims were tested positive for Covid on their arrival in Kolkata from above, Bihar and Jharkhand and had spent their isolation period in two KMC secure houses.
Some pilgrims from South India are also submitted in safe houses.
In fact, Gangasagar pilgrims have defeated local residents of Kolkata in safe city houses.
According to a source at KMC, 200 Covid patients with mild symptoms, which have been stored in a safe house, 140 are pilgrims who come from distant places.
“In addition to Gangasagar pilgrims, our safe house is being occupied by a positive patient part of the slum,” said KMC health department official.
Citizenship officials said they received requests from pilgrims for the initial release to be able to participate in the Sankranti Makar Festival in Gangasagar.
“But we follow the government’s rules and can not do anything.
Now we will release some of them from Sunday and so on,” the official said.
Some pilgrims, who are heading for gangasagar after their swab sample was taken in Kolkata, not allowed to enter Sagar Island after testing positive.
“When they advanced near Kachuberia, the report was sent to the District Administration.
Positive patients were rejected into Sagar Island and sent to different secure homes in places such as Diamond Harbor, Kakdwip, Kachuberia or Sarishahat,” said a citizenship official.