Puri: Due to the conduct of Rath Yatra amid the Covid-19 crisis, certain restrictions had been placed on travel to Puri district of Odisha.
The office of the DGP had via a tweet mentioned the following Rath Yatra travel restrictions on June 22:
Travel Advisory for 22/ 23/24 June 2020:
Vehicular traffic will not be permitted into Puri district from 9 PM of 22 June to 2 PM of 24 June except for vehicles on Government duty, Police & Emergency Services.
All are requested to co-operate.— DGP, Odisha (@DGPOdisha) June 22, 2020
Yesterday a few of the restrictions were relaxed by the DGP, this was informed via another tweet as mentioned below:
This advisory is modified.Restrictions for travel to Puri on 24 has been withdrawn
.Puri Dist admn ,however ,has put some restrictions for a few areas of Puri Town . https://t.co/YJjB6lGGCQ— DGP, Odisha (@DGPOdisha) June 23, 2020
However in view of curfew in part of Puri, all are requested to avoid going to Puri today. It is again reiterated that Darshan of Trinity for devotees is not allowed. The Tweet has been mentioned below:
However in view of curfew in part of Puri, all are requested to avoid going to Puri today. It is again reiterated that Darshan of Trinity for devotees is NOT allowed. https://t.co/Eu2doyYkPn
— DGP, Odisha (@DGPOdisha) June 24, 2020
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