The Yogi Adityanath authorities on Friday issued a notification declaring 22 wards below the jurisdiction of Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal Corporation as “holy pilgrimage websites (pilgrimages). The sale of liquor and non-vegetarian meals will now be banned in these areas.
The transfer comes 10 days after Adityanath directed the Mathura district administration to ban meat and alcohol round seven Hindu pilgrimage websites within the temple city, saying it was the want of the native folks. He made this comment on 30 August throughout Janmashtami celebrations in Mathura-Vrindavan. The Chief Minister additionally stated that individuals concerned in liquor and meat enterprise could be rehabilitated close to these pilgrimage websites.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avnish Kumar Awasthi, who can also be ACS (Religious Affairs), advised The Indian Express, “An space of ​​about 10 sq km within the Mathura-Vrindavan area has been declared a pilgrimage website. This sector will now be reviewed by the Excise in addition to Food and Civil Supplies departments, and licenses on this sector will likely be canceled accordingly.
The 22 wards a part of this pilgrimage zone now are Ghati Bahalrai, Govind Nagar, Mandi Ramdas, Chaubiyapada, Dwarikapuri, Navneet Nagar, Bankhandi, Bharatpur Gate, Arjunpura, Hanuman Tila, Jagannath Puri, Gaughat, Manoharpura, Bairajpura, Radhanagar, Badarinagar, Mahavidyacolony , Krishnanagar first and second, Koyala Gali, Dampiyar Nagar and Jai Singh Pura.
The Uttar Pradesh Religious Affairs Department in its notification stated that Mathura-Vrindavan was the birthplace of Lord Krishna, and therefore is taken into account a holy place, which is visited by lakhs of pilgrims from India and overseas. The notification states that Mathura-Vrindavan is “historically important” and likewise necessary from the standpoint of tourism.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
