Unfair To Name Kumbh Mela Covid “Tremendous-Spreader”, Says Most sensible Reputable

Dehradun:

A best Kumbh Mela reliable Saturday stated it was once unfair to name it a Covid “super-spreader” as simply 0.2 in keeping with cent of the whole RT-PCR exams performed in Haridwar from January 1 until the realization of the development returned a favorable end result, whilst simply 0.five in keeping with cent police staff on mela responsibility shrunk the virus.

Mela IG Sanjay Gunjyal additionally stated the non secular match officially started on April 1 when the second one wave of Covid was once already raging in states like Maharashtra and Haryana.

“If we scientifically analyse the Covid information of Haridwar district proper from January 1 to the realization of Kumbh on April 30, makes an attempt to create a belief that Kumbh was once a super-spreader of the pandemic glance unfair,” Sanjay Gunjyal advised PTI.

He was once answerable for all of the safety preparations in Haridwar and adjacent spaces all the way through the Kumbh mela.

Reeling off information to make his level, the senior reliable stated 8.91 lakh RT-PCR exams have been performed within the district from January 1 to April 30 out of which only one,954 (0.2 in keeping with cent) have been sure.

Mentioning one more reason why the Kumbh Mela can’t be thought to be a super-spreader match, he stated out of over 16,000 police staff deployed within the Kumbh Mela Kshetra simplest 88 (or just a bit above 0.five in keeping with cent) had examined sure for Covid by means of April 30.

“This can be a truth value paying attention to as the protection staff on responsibility have been immediately coping with the crowds converging at Har ki Pairi and different Ganga ghats for a holy dip within the river. Despite that, an excessively low proportion of safety staff examined sure,” Sanjay Gunjyal stated.

Throughout the notified length of Kumbh from April 1-April 30, swab samples of 55,55,893 folks have been examined for Covid out of which 17,333 examined sure, he stated.

The Kumbh Mela, which is attended by means of folks from other portions of the rustic in massive numbers, drew flak from quite a lot of quarters because the collection of COVID-19 instances rose at a fast tempo.

Top Minister Narendra Modi had on April 17 appealed that the development in Haridwar to be stored symbolic then on because of the COVID-19 disaster.

Mela IG Sanjay Gunjyal stated Saturday that devotees had begun to reach for the development from March itself, and Mahashivratri additionally witnessed a large turnout of devotees.

Alternatively, by means of April 1 Haridwar district had reported simplest 144 sure instances of COVID-19, he stated.

Sanjay Gunjyal additionally denied creating a downward revision of the collection of folks attending Kumbh Mela at the 3 main bathing days or Shahi Snan.

The 3 Shahi Snan days fell all the way through the notified length of the one-month Kumbh this yr all the way through which over 34.76 lakh folks took a holy dip within the river, he stated.

As many as 21 lakh folks bathed within the river on April 12 on Somwati Amavasya, 13.51 lakh on Mesh Sankranti on April 14, and 25,104 folks on Chaitra Purnima on April 27, he stated.

Those figures have by no means been revised or modified, the IG stated.

When advised that an reliable unencumber quoting Leader Minister Tirath Singh Rawat had put the collection of folks bathing within the river on April 12 at 35 lakh, the officer stated he could have given the whole collection of devotees amassing on the ghats from April 1 to April 12.