The Uttarakhand government has intensified its actions against food adulteration and launched a cleanliness campaign along the Char Dham Yatra routes to ensure clean, safe, and high-quality food for pilgrims and the general public, said R Rajesh Kumar, Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, on Thursday.

He said that the state government has prepared a special action plan to maintain food safety at Char Dham Yatra and tourist places. Permanent food safety officers have been deployed in districts like Haridwar, Nainital, Dehradun, Tehri, and Udham Singh Nagar. Additional officers will be deployed from other districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, and Pithoragarh. He further said that hotels, dhabas, restaurants, sweet sellers, and food vendors on travel routes and major pilgrimage sites will be regularly inspected.