Around 8000 tourists travelling to Nainital and Mussoorie are sent back amid covid.
In the time of unlocking, the tourists are a mad rush in visiting places and the situation has gone such that the tourists are not getting a place to reside. The Uttarakhand Police sent back 8,000 tourists from Mussoorie and Nainital over the weekend to prevent overcrowding during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
The police have also set up border checkpoints to regulate the flow of people visiting popular tourist destinations.
After videos went viral of huge crowds bathing in Kempty falls, the Uttarakhand government has taken steps to control the number of tourists. People have been given notices to carry negative RT-PCR reports and register on the online portal," said Uttarakhand Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Nilesh Anand Bharani.
The Uttarakhand government has instructed district magistrates to control the weekend crowd in all tourists places. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were issued by chief secretary Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on Monday.
"If the situation worsens in the tourist places of Uttarakhand now, then the District Magistrate will be responsible. They have been authorized to take the decisions regarding the crowds on weekends," the guidelines released by the state government said.
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