India, Aug. 8 -- MEERUT Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Meerut on Saturday to participate in the ongoing Kanwar Yatra celebrations, where he is scheduled to conduct an aerial survey of the Kanwar route, shower flower petals on Shiva devotees and interact with pilgrims travelling through the district.

The visit is expected to coincide with one of the busiest phases of the Kanwar Yatra, as thousands of Shiva devotees continue their journey through western Uttar Pradesh amid heightened security and traffic management measures.

Currently, Kanwariyas continue to pass through Meerut on National Highway-58, one of the busiest routes for the annual pilgrimage. The district administration and police have completed extensive security an...