NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Monday permitted authorities to conduct the traditional Rath Yatra at the Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri.
The temple committee, and the state and central governments have been asked to coordinate the event with necessary curbs to prevent the spread of covid-19.An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.A.
Bobde held an urgent hearing on a batch of pleas seeking modification of the court’s 18 June order staying this year’s Rath Yatra on Tuesday.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra was one of the intervening applicants.The Centre said the Rath Yatra can be permitted without public participation in view of the pandemic, saying the “tradition of centuries may not be stopped".