The Khariar Rath Yatra Coordination and Preparatory Committee met at the Khariar police station on Friday and discussed various issues for smooth observation of the car festival on July 4.
While Khariar Tehsildar Sindhusudha Patra presided over the meeting, PS IIC Kailash Chandra Sethi coordinated it. There are three Jagannath temples in Khariar having three separate managing committees. Members of all the committees attended the meeting. SDPO Biranchi Prashad Dehuri, electrical SDO Bapuji Pradhan, NAC nodal officer Sidhhartha Mahapatra and Forest Ranger S Sunani attended, among Government officers. Committee members informed that the chariot construction works have already begun.
Issues relating to sanitation, health and hygiene, power supply, drinking water supply and repairing of potholes on the main road, public address system, traffic management, security provisions and timely completion of rituals of the deities were discussed.
The time for starting of the chariot pulling was fixed at 4 pm. NAC representatives assured that cleanliness of the town and drains would be given priority.
Among others, Khariar Yuvraj Deb Deb Singhdeo, Trustee representative of Dadhibaman temple Sanjay Tiwari and managing committee members Sudarahan Thakur, Trilok Khamari, Adikanda Mahauty, Ashutosh Joshi, Santanu Panda, Jogdhyan Baitharu, Ramachandra Mishra and Sunil Sahu were present.