Four Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) workers were on Tuesday suspended from service for entering the Jagannath Temple here without permission. The Puri Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) placed them under suspension.
ANMs ha deen deployed outside the temple for conducting thermal screening of the devotees at the Singhadwar. However, four of them entered temple and had darshan of deities on December 27 without informing the authorities. All of them were appointed contractually for Covid-19 duty while their service period was slated to end on December 31.The temple reopened on December 23 after being closed for around nine months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently, only the residents of Puri are being allowed to enter shrine. From January 3, all devotees would be allowed into temple.