Strike withdrawn on Saturday
Various tourists from the Vidarbha region made enquiries with The Live Nagpur on Saturday about the flash strike by hotel owners in Kedarnath. The hotel owners had staged a strike on the first day of start of the Char Dham Yatra beginning Friday.
The gates of Kedarnath Dham are opened on Akshay Tritiya Day, which also marks the beginning of the religious tour.
Phone calls from Nagpur, Yavatmal, and Wardha were received by The Live Nagpur to enquire about the strike. Many of them had booked tickets for the tour and were scheduled to leave in a day or two. To avoid inconvenience at Kedarnath fervent enquiries were made. Even the tour planners were not aware of the fate of the flash strike.
Although the reason behind the strike was not immediately known, efforts were being made to know the cause. Following enquiries it was informed by the sources that the strike had been withdrawn by the hotel owners.
Those who had planned a tour to Kedarnath and other religious places in the region were finally relieved of the tension of not getting accommodation at the distant places, where chilli winds and low temperatures would have made their stay difficult.