Punjab Update : Sikh devotees stranded due to Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra sent home

Punjab Update : Sikh devotees stranded due to Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra sent home

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New Delhi : Approval was taken from the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah on the decision to repatriate the Sikhs to their respective states. Shah had a conversation with the Maharashtra authorities regarding the evacuation.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had requested the concerned authorities for the safe return of the stranded Sikh devotees.

The Punjab CM also requested Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to facilitate the transportation through their states.

Punjab Update : Sikh devotees stranded due to Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra sent home

Sikh devotees stranded due to Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra sent home

"More than 3,000 Punjabi pilgrims will be travelling from Hazur Sahib, Nanded via MP & Rajasthan. Punjab Govt is making all arrangements for their transportation. I request @AshokGehlot51 Ji & @ChouhanShivraj Ji’s personal intervention to facilitate travel through their states," he wrote on Twitter.

Capt.Amarinder Singh✔@capt_amarinderMore than 3,000 Punjabi pilgrims will be travelling from Hazur Sahib, Nanded via MP & Rajasthan. Punjab Govt is making all arrangements for their transportation. I request @AshokGehlot51 Ji & @ChouhanShivraj Ji’s personal intervention to facilitate travel through their states.
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Meanwhile, Maharashtra has emerged as the worst-hit state from coronavirus with the number of confirmed cases reaching 6,430. 283 people in the state have lost their lives to the virus while 840 were successfully cured and discharged.

Countrywide, the total number of cases is 23,077.
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