In view of the upcoming Chhath Puja, city is gearing forward for celebrations. Administration too are on move for peaceful celebrations of Chhath Puja across the district.
The local administration along with Chas Municipal Corporation has sprung into action to clean up several water bodies after inspecting different ghats across Chas and Bokaro. Meanwhile, DC ordered authorities to carry cleanliness drive at different ghats, sources said.
The administration has asked NGOs and PSUs to provide assistance in carrying out the exercise before the festival. We have asked all the socially responsible corporate institutions to extend their cooperation in carrying out the drive, said a district administrative official. To avoid any untoward incidents we are making adequate arrangements to make the festival an incident-free celebration, said the official.
Though, volunteers, trained swimmers and lifeguards along with boats at different points would be deployed during chhath festivity. Danger zones would be barricaded to stop the devotees and revellers from breaching into that area, he said.
Meanwhile, Additional Municipal Commissioner Chas Municipal Corporation (CMC), Sashi Prakash Jha directed officials to construct temporary bridges on water bodies as well as on swampy Chhath ghats so that devotees can perform the rituals safely.
“After assessing the condition of the ghats, we have decided to construct nine temporary bridges at Garga Rive because of the areas have become swampy and hence dangerous for devotees to perform the rituals,” said Jha.
According to our plan, the temporary bridges will be constructed at Gaay Ghat, near Sun Temple at Ranapratap Nagar, Kunwar Singh Colony, Tallababa Chowk, Bhojpur Colony, Kailash Nagar, Gandhi Chowk including others, he .
On the direction of higher-ups security has been intensified in Bokaro ahead of Chhat. Cops are instructed to tackle all the adverse situations and keep strong security arrangements. Patrolling has been intensified to avert any untoward incidents across the district, a police official said.
Cops also asked to keep a vigil on anti-social elements including mobike riders inside the city as well as on the entry point in the cities. Miscreants would be dealt with strictly and no compromise will be made in providing security to the people, he added.
In a bid to curb crime at least 45 CCTV would be installed on the main spots in Chas and Bokaro shortly, said SP Bokaro.