In a rare gesture, a Durga Puja Committee here has announced to donate all the money collected in the goddess’s Hundi (donation box) for treatment of conjoined twins Honey and Singh alias Jaga and Balia.
The Bomikhal Durga Puja Committee, one of the prominent puja organising bodies in the city, has decided that it would donate the proceedings of the Hundi to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for treatment of the conjoined boys, committee president Kabula Jena said.
A banner praying for early recovery and wishing good health of the twins was also put up in the Puja pandal. The committee members and devotees offered a mass prayer before Goddess Durga for the twin’s wellbeing.Similarly, the Nayapalli Durga Puja Committee also organised a mass prayer wishing speedy recovery of the twins. Besides, the committee would donate a large sum for treatment of the twins.
Notably, the twins belonging to Milipada village under Phiringia block in Kandhamal district were shifted to the AIIMS, Delhi on July 13, and the first phase of surgery to separate their heads was completed on July 29.The second phase of operation is slated to be carried out in the middle of October considering the health condition of the twins.