impact of covid 19 on uttarakhand
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The ongoing season used to be quite busy for tour, travel and hotel operators in Uttarakhand because of the rush for Char Dham pilgrimage and tourists flocking the state. But for the past five months, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the sector hard.
Hundreds of pilgrim-tourist vehicles, which used to be busy on routes for Char Dham, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, Kedarnath and other popular spots, are now parked at Bairagi camp Kumbh land and at other vacant plots.
Around 15,000 people are directly involved with the travel-tour trade in Haridwar and nearly 8,000 vehicles are involved in this industry.
According to Tour Travel Association, Haridwar, there are about 500 travel-tour agencies operating, of which, offices of around 95 percent of such agencies are shut for the past few months
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