The projects are underway in various locations, including Ayodhya, Vindhyachal Mirzapur, Naimisharanya Sitapur, Prayagraj, Maa Shakumbhari Devi Saharanpur and Shukratal Muzaffarnagar.
The Goa Liquor Traders Association has termed the state government's decision to allow bars and liquor stores to operate within 100 metres of educational or religious institutes "unwanted".
Religious places in the national capital were closed for devotees for over five months, since April 19, following the imposition of a lockdown due to the severe second wave of Covid infections.
Earlier, the government had permitted religious places to function only from Monday to Friday.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. A government official said Language, Art and Culture department will prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for opening of big temples/ religious places.
On May 30, the Centre took an exit step from the 68-day nationwide lockdown, declaring that the restrictions will be limited only to containment zones up to June 30 and that the prohibited activities will be opened in a phased manner in areas outside these zones, allowing restaurants, malls, religious places and education sectors to open in a phased manner.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s request comes just a few days before the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown, imposed to curb the spread of Coronavirus, is set to end on May 31.
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Speaking at a civic reception in Kochi, Kerala, the vice-President said that “Churches, Temples, Mosques, Gurudwaras and other religious shrines are places of devotion” which bind the society together.
