UDHAMPUR, June 2 -- J&K Dharmarth Trust has decided to cancel the forthcoming Sudh Mahadev Mela which was scheduled to commence from June 5 this year, amid coronavirus outbreak.

In a statement issued here on Monday, Mubarak Singh, President of the Trust informed that the annual Sudh Mahadev Mela shall not take place this year due to lockdown restrictions enforced by the government in view of COVID-19 pandemic. He informed that the Central Government has relaxed the restrictions amidst lockdown but the J&K government has decided that the restrictions will continue till June 8.

Adhering strictly to the restrictions imposed by the government to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission, the Trust has decided not to hold Sudhmahadev Mela this ...