Keeping in view the fast approaching festive season and festivals like Janmashtmi, Goganavmi, Eid-uz-Zoha, Hartalika Teej, Ganesh Chaturthi and Anant Chaturdashi, District Collector P Narhari here on Tuesday appealed to the city’s people to celebrate these festivals in a spirit of brotherhood, communal peace and amity.
Chairing a meeting of the district Peace Committee at the collectorate on Tuesday, collector said that co-existence of all religions is basic tenet of India culture and every festival should be celebrated in that spirit.
He said of all the festivals, Anant Chaturdashi has great significance. Keeping this in mind, the district administration like previous years will take all precautionary steps to ensure peaceful celebration of Anant Chaturdashi. Accordingly, the district administration will carry out repair of roads, lighting arrangements, cleanliness on security arrangements on roads through which the Anant Chaturdashi procession will pass, Narhari said urging the Ganesh Puja Organising Committees of the city to take permission from SDMs of the respective localities before installing idols and ensure that it did not cause any traffic hinderances. He also asked them to seek permission from the CSPs of the localities concerned to take out processions in their respective localities.
DIG Santosh Kumar Singh who was also present in the meeting, said that keeping in view the upcoming festivals, the district police has made elaborate security arrangements. Concerned over the increasing road mishaps in Indore district, he appealed senior citizens as well as experienced people to counsel youths against rash driving and ask them to drive slowly on the roads and follow the traffic rules.
During the course of meeting, the members of the District Peace Committee urged the district administration to fix the Anant Chaturdashi procession routes and enforce closures of meat and liquor shops on the procession routes. The committee also asked Indore Development Authority and Indore Municipal Corporation to provide monetary assistance to tableaux makers a month in advance so that they do not face any inconvenience while making tableaux.