June 30 meeting to decide reopening of religious places

Kanpur: To open or not to open religious places in the city from July 1 will be decided by the district administration and religious leaders at a meeting to be held on June 30
District magistrate Brahamadeo Ram Tiwari on Friday evening convened a meeting with the religious leaders to know their opinion regarding opening of the religious places. There were differences of opinion among them as some of them were of the view that when markets and factories have been allowed to open then why should religious places remain closed?
On the other hand, some religious leaders said that since corona is contagious and a deadly virus, children, old age persons and chronic patients are most vulnerable to it, therefore people should wait for a green signal from the government. The government too is of the view all decisions in this connection should be taken after considering the health of the people.
“Everybody has faith in their religion. We should pray from our houses as we had been doing for the last three months during the lockdown”, they said. The DM said, “The decision of religious leaders should be unanimous. Whatever has been decided so far was followed in true spirit. We should take special care to protect ourselves”, he added.
SSP Dinesh Kumar said everyone should act wisely. The gravity of the deadly virus should be understood from the fact even schools and colleges had been ordered to be closed, he said.The meeting was adjourned till June 30.