It has been revealed that pilgrims who reached Uttarakhand from Rajasthan and 93 pilgrims who went in three buses from Pune have been cheated in the name of Chardham registration certificate. Many cases of fraud are coming to light in the name of darshan of the four Dhams of Uttarakhand, Gangotri-Yamunotri and Kedarnath-Badrinath. 93 people who came in three buses from Pune told that they have been sent to Rishikesh after registering online, in which it has been told that they have to go to Yamunotri on 17 May. However, at the Budkot registration verification center, it was found that in the online registration, Yamunotri Dham Yatra registration is on 17 June. Many devotees from Rishikesh and Haridwar are being sent for the Yatra in May on June or July registration, due to which they are facing a lot of trouble. Many pilgrims from Nepal also faced the same situation at the registration verification center.
Some of these are registered after one month and some after two months. In Haridwar, some unknown person made fake registration of 25 pilgrims from Nepal. These are 20 km away from Gangotri Dham. When he reached far enough, he came to know about this fraud. Since the administration stopped him from proceeding towards Gangotri Dham, he reached Rishikesh for offline registration to resume the journey. However, they were left confused when they came to know that the registration had been closed till Sunday. Many pilgrims have become victims of fraud in the name of Chardham registration. Some elements verbally ask them to travel by a certain date in May but actually their online registration does not mention the date of travel, hence they are put on hold.
The atmosphere changed in the mountains
The weather has taken a turn in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand in the afternoon. It rained in nearby villages including Yamunotri, while there was thunderstorm in Budkot taluka. It rained heavily in Yamunotri for more than half an hour. Due to rain, a large number of devotees who came here had to face problems. Due to slippery roads, devotees traveling on foot between Jankichatti and Yamunotri had to face a lot of trouble.