Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the officials to keep all the ghats of the State clean and safe in view of Chhath, the great festival of public faith, starting from October 28. The CM on Wednesday inspected the cleanliness, security and other facilities/arrangements at Kanke Dam and Hatnia Talab Ghat in the Capital City. The CM asked the officers to make all necessary arrangements on time keeping in mind the convenience of Chhath devotees at all Chhath Ghats.
The CM said that the government is giving special emphasis on promoting tourism. In this sense, Kanke Dam in the capital city is a better tourist destination. But, during the inspection, many shortcomings and lack of basic facilities were found in the system here. Due to lack of mutual coordination, better maintenance is not being done here. The food court building is dilapidated. All the arrangements here will be repaired soon, so that tourists can be attracted.
In order to inspect the Chhath Ghats, Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi, Rahul Kumar Sinha, Senior Superintendent of Police Kishor Kaushal, Municipal Commissioner of Ranchi Municipal Corporation Shashi Ranjan, Deputy Development Commissioner and Sadar Sub-Divisional Officer were present along with the Chief Minister.
After CM’s inspection of Chhath Ghats, the district administration also held a meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of DC Rahul Kumar Sinha regarding law and order maintenance and order. Detailed discussion was held regarding providing better arrangements to the devotees in Chhath, the great festival of public faith. The DC said that this time all the Chhath Ghats are full of water. Put up a notice board so that people do not go into deep water. Barricading should also be done for the safety of the devotees. SSP Kishor Kaushal, SP (Rural) Naushad Alam, City SP Anshuman Kumar, SDO Deepak Dubey, Bundu SDO, all DSPs and all BDOs, COs and all station in-charges of the district were present in the meeting.
The DC directed extensive arrangements for cleanliness and lighting in all the Chhath Ghats and the way leading to the Ghat. He said that cooperation can also be taken from various Chhath Puja committees and common people in this work. With this, the devotees will be able to get the best arrangement.
There will be no fireworks on Chhath Ghats during Arghya. In this regard, the DC asked the officials to take care of it. He said that during the Arghya, the devotees are in a queue at the Chhath Ghats. In such a situation, it is important to take care that no untoward incident occurs due to fireworks. DC asked to keep emergency arrangements in all the hospitals at CHC, PHC and district level, to maintain the Sadar Hospital and to keep the ambulance ready.