Due to increasing number of devotees for Kanwar Yatra and the possibility of the closure of the roads for the movement, the District Magistrate of Uttarakhand’s Haridwar on 17 July declared a six-day holiday in all the schools and Anganwadi centres of the district.
As per the DM orders, all the schools, government, non-government closed, private schools, Sanskrit schools, madrasas, and Anganwadi centres of the district will remain closed from 20 July to July 26.
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‘Kanwar Yatra’ is an annual pilgrimage of Lord Shiva’s devotees that started on 14 July.
