Odisha govt to take favourable action when petition for holding of Rath Yatra will be taken up before SC on Monday

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | June 21, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, June 21: Odisha government has decided to take favourable action as legally permissible on the request of the Gajapati Maharaj when the writ petition for holding of Rath Yatra will be taken up for hearing before the Supreme Court on Monday. Supreme Court on Thursday had stayed the annual Rath Yatra in Puri. The famous yatra was to start from the Jagannath Temple on June 23 and all other activities associated with the annual program also stand cancelled with the court order. “The stand of the State Government in the hearing before Supreme Court on 18.06.2020 was primarily related to thousands of Ratha Yatras taking place all over the State. These involve lakhs of people, and happen almost in every Gram Panchayat of the state. More than 5 lakh people of Odisha have returned back to the state since May. Most of them are likely to complete their quarantine period by the end of June. This along with the onset of monsoon has made the Covid pandemic likely to peak in the State in June & July. The pandemic has killed lakhs of people across the globe and so far Odisha has handled the pandemic in an efficient manner with lowest mortality rates in the Country. Any Congregation during the probable peaking period can lead to loss of lives and serious public health hazard,” said a release of Law Department.

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