<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday acted Suo Motu on Uttar Pradesh's decision to allow the annual Kawad Yatra amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying it was "a little disturbed" with the news reports.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices R F Nariman and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre, Uttarakhand, and UP governments, seeking their response. The court put the matter for further consideration on Friday.</p>.<p>Citing a newspaper report, the bench said, "The citizens of India are completely perplexed. They don't know what is going on. All this is going on amid the PM, when asked about a third wave of Covid striking the nation, saying we cannot compromise even one bit." </p>.<p>The news report mentioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's statement expressing possible fear of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/kawad-yatra-no-lessons-learned-1008403.html" target="_blank">Kawad Yatra: No lessons learned</a></strong></p>.<p>"In view of the pandemic and with a new variant detected in the state, we do not want Haridwar to be the<br />center of the pandemic…People’s lives are our priority. We can’t play with that…….we won’t take any chances,” Dhami was quoted as saying as the state called off Yatra.</p>.<p>The PM, for his part, was on Tuesday addressing Chief Ministers of North Eastern states.</p>.<p>"Given the disparate political voices, all speaking at the same time, it is important that the relevant Secretary, Union of India, respond to the news report," the bench said.</p>.<p>The court noted since this Yatra is to take off from July 25, 2021, it is necessary to fix a short time<br />period for this case.</p>.<p>The court asked Secretary, Union of India; Principal Secretary to the State of Uttarakhand; and Principal Secretary to the State of Uttar Pradesh to file their affidavits by Friday morning.</p>.<p>The Kawad Yatra is set to be held from July 25 to August 6. The Uttarakhand government has already called it off.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday acted Suo Motu on Uttar Pradesh's decision to allow the annual Kawad Yatra amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying it was "a little disturbed" with the news reports.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices R F Nariman and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre, Uttarakhand, and UP governments, seeking their response. The court put the matter for further consideration on Friday.</p>.<p>Citing a newspaper report, the bench said, "The citizens of India are completely perplexed. They don't know what is going on. All this is going on amid the PM, when asked about a third wave of Covid striking the nation, saying we cannot compromise even one bit." </p>.<p>The news report mentioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's statement expressing possible fear of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/kawad-yatra-no-lessons-learned-1008403.html" target="_blank">Kawad Yatra: No lessons learned</a></strong></p>.<p>"In view of the pandemic and with a new variant detected in the state, we do not want Haridwar to be the<br />center of the pandemic…People’s lives are our priority. We can’t play with that…….we won’t take any chances,” Dhami was quoted as saying as the state called off Yatra.</p>.<p>The PM, for his part, was on Tuesday addressing Chief Ministers of North Eastern states.</p>.<p>"Given the disparate political voices, all speaking at the same time, it is important that the relevant Secretary, Union of India, respond to the news report," the bench said.</p>.<p>The court noted since this Yatra is to take off from July 25, 2021, it is necessary to fix a short time<br />period for this case.</p>.<p>The court asked Secretary, Union of India; Principal Secretary to the State of Uttarakhand; and Principal Secretary to the State of Uttar Pradesh to file their affidavits by Friday morning.</p>.<p>The Kawad Yatra is set to be held from July 25 to August 6. The Uttarakhand government has already called it off.</p>
