The Mayors and Councillors of the three municipal corporations reviewed Chhath Puja preparations across the ghats on Monday. From medical facilities to deploy railings and lights for security and safety of the devotees during Puja, the capital is geared up to carry out a safe Chhath Puja.
Chairman Standing Committee Mohan Prasad Bhardwaj inspected various ghats for Chhath Puja in Narela Zone area. Expressing satisfaction over the preparations, he said, “We directed the officials to maintain the sanitation level during the puja so that devotees do not have to face any inconvenience.”
Rescue boats with lifeguards, barricading near ghats and fire engines are in place to prevent a tragedy. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has asked Haryana’s Irrigation & Flood Department to release water in the Yamuna for Chhath. lakhs of Poorvanchalis are expected to observe Chhath.
The old tradition is marked by devotees offering prayers to the sun. The festival is observed largely by the people of Bihar and eastern UP.
The rituals of the festival are rigorous and are observed over a period of four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (Vratta), standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prashad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun