Dhenkanal Sub-Collector Sunil Patnaik, who is in charge of Debottar department, has announced that the department would spend Rs 5 lakh for the Balaram temple’s car festival in Dhenkanal this year.
The Sub-Collector informed this at the Rath Yatra preparatory meeting held recently at the Collectorate under chairmanship of district Collector Rupa Roshan Sahu. Patnaik said the allocated expenditure includes construction cost of two cars, one for lord Jagannath and another for Devi Subhadra.
The Gundicha Yatra will be held on June 29. The cars are scheduled to be pulled at around 1.45 pm. The deities are to be offered Adhara Pana at the Dadhibaman Jew temple on the way to Rathagada.
The district Collector directed the concerned police officials to ensure proper security arrangement during the festival.
Besides, she asked to disinfect all the water sources in the town much before the car festival. She also stressed on keeping road free of vehicular movement for the smooth pulling of the cars of lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra. The Bahuda Yatra (return sojourn) will be held on July 7 and Sunavesha on July 8.