One day after now, 23 July is the festival of Shivaratri. Kavand Yatra has been going on for almost a week. Groups of Kanwari on the streets have left for their destinations by taking water from holy rivers. The Kavand Yatra will be completed after Jalabhishek on Shivaratri. The convoys of Bhole devotees passing through the streets will reach their floor and stop for the next six months. There will be Shivaratri again in the winter, then this journey will start again. Then the convoys of Kanwari will be on the streets. In all the states with Jyotirlinga, extensive arrangements are made in view of this visit. A large number of devotees offer water on other pagoda. Many times, Kavadis often create a ruckus when someone collides with a kanvad or crashing of Kavadis. Many places come down on a fire and fire, so the administration is already conscious. Special attention was paid to this Kavad Yatra since the BJP government came to the center and the BJP government in many states. The routes to come and come for them started to be determined. Special attention was given to the safety of these kanwadi. Most of the important routes were reserved for them, vehicles of these routes started to be sent on another route. Due to this, the common people started having trouble. The three -hour route began to be completed in six to seven hours. Vehicles had to run 60 to 70 km more. Excessive running oil of vehicles. Excess of oil is a national loss and waste of a person’s time. The system should be made in such a way that the Kavad Yatra is also completed smoothly and other vehicles and passengers do not have any problem. Regular traffic continued smoothly during this journey.

Today the situation is that for many days, the movement of trucks on the routes of Uttar Pradesh – Delhi NCR and Uttaranchal is closed during the day. There is a long -range line of trucks along the roads. He stands on the road throughout the day. They are allowed to walk at night. This process can be estimated that the power of the nation is wasted.

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Shivaratri is the festival of Lord Shiva. This festival is celebrated all over India. In crores, the worshipers of Shiva bring their water from the places of holy rivers to the kavad and offer them to the pagoda. Is this festival celebrated with reverence in North India with water offering water on Jyotirlinga. The Kavad Yatra runs several days. On the streets, only the rally of Kavadis is visible. Devotees are ready to get virtuous benefits by providing maximum facilities to the Kavandis. They make free arrangements for their food and drink stay on the road. Put the bhandara. Kavande prepare before leaving on the journey. Kavad, decorating it, etc. and buying the goods of their travel. Vehicles run with them rent them. They put a music system of rent on them. A different type of saffron T -shirt of Kavandiye started. It has now become a business of millions of rupees. Thousands of people go on employment by the Kavad Yatra. There is a business of trillion rupees on this journey. Therefore, this journey should be. The arrangements for this journey should also be grand. There should be a comprehensive security and good route to the Kanwari. There should be arrangements for their treatment during emergency. For their convenience, no stone should be kept up. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself keeps an eye on this system. They also rain flowers on the kanvadis.

In North India, there is special enthusiasm among the devotees on the Shivaratri of Sawan. Traffic in North India is badly affected due to the Kavad Yatra. According to the Haridwar administration, last year, more than four and a half crore Shiva devotees reached Haridwar to take water. Four crore devotees came in 2023. This yatra is still going on, it is estimated that this time the number of devotees who brought Kavad from Haridwar alone will be more than five crores, but in some places the entire Sawan Kavad climbs. Groups of devotees come to Haridwar and take water and go towards their destinations.

In view of this Kavad Yatra of North India, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana governments make extensive arrangements, but all these arrangements are dwarfed during the journey. For this reason, there are reports of commotion of Kanwari in many places. Some places vandalize and arson. The reason for all this is to prepare some before the journey, while preparations should be done throughout the year. There should be a separate department for this, but this does not happen.

The central and state governments should also take care of the convenience of the common man along with the convenience of Kavandis. It should be arranged that common traffic should not be affected during the Kavad Yatra. The Center Expressway is building so that no traffic vehicle has trouble. For this, the state governments with the Kawand Yatra should be planned by sitting with the Center. The roads with Kavand Yatra should be made in such a way that the common traffic from its side should continue to run continuously. On the route with the Kavad Yatra, two separate lanes can be kept already for Kanwar pilgrims. During the time of travel, these lane should be used for common traffic. On the route of Kavad Yatra, the places of stopping the comfort of Kanwar pilgrims should be identified in advance. Places should be such that Kanwar camps can also be organized here.

The Kavad Yatra was not so prevalent around 1990. Today it is increasing. Now around four and a half crores, Kawandiyas are bringing Kavad from Haridwar. Given their increasing number, it may be that in the coming years, this number will increase to double or even more. Therefore, we have to make arrangements for this from now on. Have to do planning. In view of the number of devotees coming to Haridwar, additional trains will have to be run for Haridwar. During the Kavand Yatra, the common passenger has a lot of trouble due to the crowd of Kanvadis. In view of their number along with the train, special settlements should be run. In view of the problems of students due to Kavad Yatra, school colleges have to be closed in many places. The activity and traffic of the local residents of the cities is affected, the arrangement should be made in such a way that the Kavad Yatra also goes on and the activity and routines of the common resident of that region should not be affected. On this, the Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal governments have initiated action against the Kawandis who have done the hood. This system should be done in advance. Devotees of Lord Shiva have to be very simple and gentle.

– Ashok Madhup

(The author is a senior journalist)

(The author has his own views in this article.)