Good news for devotees! Delhi government’s pilgrimage scheme to resume with flagging off train for Dwarkadhish
The pilgrimage scheme for the elderly by the Delhi government, which was halted in the first week of January due to rising COVID-19 cases, is resuming with a train carrying pilgrims to Dwarkadhish in the state of Gujarat. On Monday, the train for Dwarkadhish will be flagged off from Delhi’s Safdarjung railway station at 7 PM, carrying 1000 elderly pilgrims. Kamal Bansal, chairman of the Delhi government’s Tirth Yatra Vikas Samiti, was quoted in a PTI report saying another train for Rameshwaram will depart on February 18. In January, the Mukhya Mantri Tirth Yatra Yojna was halted amid rise in Covid cases. As a result of the disruption, a train of pilgrims that was scheduled to Basilica of Our Lady of Health in Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu was cancelled on January 7.
