Preparations for the Durga Puja pandals are in full swing by artists and organisers of the 84 Puja Pandal Committees in Jharsuguda district.
In continuation of the recent tradition, artists from Kolkata, Guwahati, Raipur and various parts of the State are being brought in to create much-decorated pandals of Mangal Bazar, Sarbahal, Town Durga Puja and Brajrajnagar MCl Hilltop Colony.
Jharsuguda Mangal Bazaar’s Shivsakti Puja committee, Sarbahal’s Om Sri Durga Puja Committee, the Town Durga Puja Committee and Brajrajnagar’s Hilltop Puja Committee are known to put up the outstanding spectacle during Durga Puja every year and have earmarked a budget of Rs8 to 12 lakh for the development of pandals and Rs3 to 5 lakh towards power expenditure.
Finishing touches are underway at Jharsuguda’s Railway Institute, Brajrajnagar’s ESI Chowk, Gandhi Chowk, Mandaliya, Budhijam, Rampur Colliery and various other locations of Brajrajnagar.
A meeting was held with district Collector BB Patnaik and Superintendent of Police Umashankar Das recently.