Delhi residents who’ve visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to take action should bear obligatory 14-day house quarantine on their return and add their particulars on an official web site, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority mentioned in an order. The continuing Kumbh Mela has been on the centre of controversy amid fears that it might be a superspreader occasion with lakhs of devotees attending the occasion because the second wave of the coronavirus surges uncontrollably.

The order issued on Saturday mentioned those that visited Kumbh from 4 April onwards or those that plan to take action until finish of the non secular congregation at Haridwar on April 30 should add their private particulars, ID proof and dates of departure and arrival again to Delhi on the web site www.delhi.gov.in.

“All residents of Delhi who’ve visited or are going to go to Kumbh 2021 at Haridwar, shall be required to obligatory house quarantine themselves for 14 days on arrival to Delhi,” mentioned the order issued by Vijay Dev, Chief Secretary and chairperson on government committee of DDMA.

If an individual getting back from Haridwar Kumbh fails to add his particulars on the Delhi authorities portal, he shall be despatched to institutional quarantine centre for 14 days by district magistrates involved, the order mentioned.

Violators of the DDMA order shall be liable to be proceeded towards underneath the Catastrophe Administration Act 2005 and different authorized provisions, it added.

A complete of 1,701 individuals had examined constructive for COVID-19 within the Haridwar Kumbh Mela space from April 10 to 14 confirming fears that one of many world’s largest non secular gatherings might contribute additional to the fast rise in coronavirus circumstances.

A majority of the 48.51 lakh individuals who took half within the final two royal baths (shahi snan) held on the event of Somwati Amavasya on April 12 and Mesh Sankranti on April 14 had been seen brazenly violating COVID-19 norms like sporting of face masks and social distancing.