Yamunotri Current Affairs, GK & News
Char Dham Yatra suspended
The Government of India recently suspended the Char Dham Yatra due to surge in COVID-19. Only the priests are to be allowed to conduct the daily worship and rituals. The Kedarnath is to be reopened on May 17, Gangotri and Yamunotri on May 14 and Badrinath on May 18. Char Dham Yatra The Char Dham ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Badrinath • Char Dham • Char Dham Highway • Char Dham Pariyojana • Gangotri • Kedarnath • Yamunotri
Chardham Highway Project: Recent Developments
On December 2, 2020, the Supreme Court asked the committee monitoring the Char Dham Highway project to consider the applications from Defence Ministry. The Defence Ministry in its application is seeking to widen roads up to seven metres in the Indo China border area within 2 weeks. On September 8, 2020, the Supreme Court asked ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Badrinath • Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone • Chardham • Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana • chardham pariyojana • Chardham Yatra • Gangotri • Indo-Tibetan Border Police • Kedarnath • Line of Actual Control • Supreme court • Yamunotri
Ravi Chopra Committee: SC Orders violated in Chardham Project
The Supreme Court appointed Ravi Chopra Committee has alleged that the Chardham road project has violated court order. What is the issue? The Supreme Court had ruled that width of roads constructed under Chardham project shall be 5.5 metres. This was ruled based on the recommendation of Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) for ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Badrinath Temple • chardham pariyojana • Gangotri • Kedarnath • Pilgrimage Sites • Ravi Chopra Committee • Supreme court • Yamunotri
Supreme Court gives its nod for Chardham Project
The Supreme Court has given its nod to Chardham Development Plan which connects the holy places of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath by all-weather roads. What is the issue? The construction of all weather roads in the environmentally critical zone of Himalayas was questioned in the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The National Green Tribunal had ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Alaknanda • Badrinath • Chardham Development Plan • Gangotri • Kedarnath • National Green Tribunal • NGT • River Ganga • Yamuna River • Yamunotri
Gangotri and Yamunotri included under PRASAD Scheme
Under PRASAD Scheme, the Government of India (GoI) has recently included Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttrarakhand, Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and Parasnath in Jharkhand to develop pilgrimage and heritage destinations in the country. With the new additions, the number of sites under the scheme has now become 41 in 25 states. The acronym ‘PRASAD’ stands ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Amarkantak • Gangotri • Hindu holy cities • Hindu pilgrimage sites in India • India • Jharkhand • Parasnath • States and union territories of India • Yamunotri