April 29, 2021 – The Uttarakhand government has decided to suspend the Char Dham Yatra 2021 in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation. An order has already been issued regarding this by Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. Only priests of the four temples will be able to perform rituals and puja this year.
The move to suspend the Char Dham Yatra comes at a time when Uttarakhand recorded the highest single-day spike of 6,054 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the tally to 1,68,616, while 108 deaths pushed the toll to 2,417.
Dehradun district accounted for the maximum number of 2,329 cases, followed by Haridwar, which reported 1,178 cases, Udham Singh Nagar 849, Nainital 665, Chamoli 175,Pauri 174 Champawat 153, Almora 140, Bageshwar 128 and Tehri 109, a state health department bulletin said.