A team led by DC Vijaya Jadhav along other district officials inspected various Chhath ghats in view of the most revered festival organised to worship Sun God. The local administration has sprung into action to clean up ghats.
Sources informed that DC ordered authorities to expedite cleanliness drives at different ghats. Administration has called the corporates like Tata Steel UISL, Tata Motors and Tata Steel to provide manual and machinery assistance to the administrative officials in carrying out the exercise before the festival.
The most important task before the administration is to barricade the danger zone and stop the devotees and revellers from breaching into that area. In the light of past incidents of drowning the administration has got serious with this issue and has taken firm measures in this regard particularly, in Mango, Sonari and Kadma where the possibility of accidents are high.
Meanwhile, administration will be deploying trained swimmers and lifeguards along with paddle boats at different points on Subernarekha and Kharkai river during chhath festivity. Danger spots would be demarcated and all ghats would be barricaded.
Necessary directions were given by the Deputy Commissioner regarding the arrangement of Chhath Ghats and celebration of the festival in a cordial atmosphere. On the occasion of Chhath festival, 80 magistrates, 15 zonal magistrates, 16 super zonal 138 police officers, 13 super zonal police officers and forces have been deputed to maintain law and order.
The Deputy Commissioner asked the officials of the urban body to contact the contractors for cleanliness, twice a day to get information about cleanliness from them, along with complete cleaning of Chhath Ghats, arrangement of dustbins.
The Deputy Commissioner asked the DSP to make proper arrangements for traffic management during the entire Chhath festival, so that there is no inconvenience to the Chhath Vratis, as well as proper parking arrangements should be made so that the devotees do not have to walk much.
All the ghats were asked to mark the danger zone and mark it with a balloon, which is a team of divers to depute them with life jackets and tubes along with their names and mobile numbers in different ghats.
The Deputy Commissioner asked the Civic Bodies, Block Development Officer and Circle Officer to ensure proper mike arrangement in the Ghats after holding talks with the members of Chhath Committee.
Jadhav asked to hold police station-wise talks with the members of the Chhath committee.