The Justice BP Das Commission of Inquiry, formed by the State Government to recommend reformations for smooth functioning of the Shree Jagannath Temple rituals, visited the temple kitchen on Wednesday and put forth many suggestions.
The commission suggested that the damaged floor and drainage system of the kitchen be renovated soon and a hygienic condition be maintained. He too suggested for installation modern chimney to flush out smoke and bio toilets for the kitchen workers.
Das inspected the two deep wells, Ganga and Jamuna, waters of which is used for cooking Mahaparasad. He advised to bring water from other source to for washing purposes as the level in the two wells is going down.
He advised to bring Ballav preparation and another kitchen to the main kitchen complex and renovate those two buildings.
Besides, Das visited Anand Bazaar and advised to maintain cleanliness there. Some devotees alleged that stale bhog was being sold in the market while some others complained that cooks used spurious ghee in bhog-making.
To this, the commission advised the local administration to ensure that all the Mahaparasad, including the Kothabhog and commercial bhog, prepared from desi ghee.
District Collector Arabind Agarwal and SJTA Chief Administrator PK Jena and the concerned PHD engineer were present.