Impact Level: Notification
Locations Affected: multiple states, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India
Tracking Id: RINTP3511242280
Description:
As per reports, security and travel arrangements are being implemented by local authorities to ensure a smooth Kanwar Yatra (annual pilgrimage) 2025 across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The following are the details:
• The Delhi-Meerut Expressway is expected to be made one-way from Thursday (10 July) onwards.
• The food and beverage shops along the Kanwar route are expected to display name plates and rate lists to aid the fasting of the devotees.
• Along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh, surveillance will be done through 25 drones, 3000 CCTVs and 50 watch towers. At the Dudheshwarnath temple and five other routes in Uttar Pradesh, LED screens will be installed to display main routes for the yatra. Signboards will be installed every 100 metres.
• LED screens will be installed at the entry point from Partapur to Ghaziabad, at the entry point from Partapur to Delhi-Meerut Expressway, on the Meerut to Ganganahar Kanwar track route, at Muradnagar canal and Meerut Tiraha. The screens will provide information to Kanwariyas about nearby toilets, ambulances, police control room, camps, police posts, route maps and other information.
• Around 107 police posts, 700 traffic police personnel, 2500 policemen and two companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) are expected to be deployed along the route.
• Elaborate security arrangements will be implemented along the Meerut Range of Uttar Pradesh, including districts of Meerut, Bulandshahr, Baghput and Hapur, to ensure a peaceful and safe pilgrimage.
• Around 119 security barriers will be installed along the route: 25 each in Meerut and Bulandshahr, 51 in Baghpat and 18 in Hapur. The route has been divided into 57 zones and 155 sectors for better monitoring and management.
• To aid the devotees, 184 rest points and 838 temporary camps will be set up in the above mentioned districts.
• Control rooms at the range and at district levels will be set up for real-time monitoring using CCTV cameras and drones. Disaster response teams along with local divers will be on standby.
Background:
Kanwar Yatra is annual Hindu pilgrimage observed by Lord Shiva devotees or Kanvaris/Bhole in the month of Sawan. The holy month of Shravan will start from 11 July 2025 and end on 09 August 2025.
The yatra includes carrying water from holy river Ganga to various shiva temples across India. The devotees walk barefoot for miles while chanting.
Impact:
• During the Kanwar Yatra, comprehensive traffic diversions and road closures are likely to be implemented to ensure the safety of the devotees and to maintain law and order. Businesses with supply chains between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are expected to face disruptions.
• Additional traffic diversions may be imposed based on situational requirements to ensure the safety of the devotees.
• Heightened security personnel deployment and increased patrolling can be expected along major highways and routes to control traffic movement, and to maintain law and order.
• Heightened police presence can be expected in the sensitive locations of Meerut, Bulandshahr, Baghput and Hapur districts during the yatra.
Recommendations:
It is advised for businesses to arrange for alternate routes for their transportation to minimise delays. Advised to plan travel and logistics while accounting for delays.
Sources:
• https://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/kanwar-yatra-delhi-meerut-expressway-will-become-one-way-from-july-10-2025-06-28?src=tlh&position=14
• https://www.newsdrum.in/national/up-tight-security-arrangements-in-place-for-kanwar-yatra-in-meerut-range-9450733
• https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/muzaffar-nagar/story-sawan-month-begins-devotees-prepare-for-kanwar-yatra-and-improved-facilities-201749473421624.html
