Chief Minister Raghubar Das has reiterated the commitment of his Government to develop religious centers of Jharkhand Deoghar and Basukinath as world class tourist spots.
While reviewing the preparation ahead of shrawani mela on Sunday in a meeting with Baba Baidyanath Dham and Basukinath Mela Area Development Authority, the CM underlined the importance of the renowned religious centers. “The spots would come up as world class with all facilities for the visitors. This would not only raise importance of the State but also create job opportunities for the locals in large numbers,” said the CM.
He on the occasion expressed displeasure over cleanliness around the city and directed officials make the place neat and clean within a week time. Dust beans would be put up on the path meant for kawarias besides making arrangements for drinking water for the devotees. Notably, there was a stampede last time during the shrawani mela killing 11 persons.
The CM keeping the incident in mind directed the official to prepare the track and put other arrangements in place before July 10, well ahead of the mela starts. This apart, he also ordered to stop any kind of VIP puja during the month long festival in the holy month of Shrawan.
For the well being of the devotees, the local administration has been told not to collect any kind of toll tax, deploy sufficient medical staffs and proper medical centers. Separate arrangements for female devotees would be done at Shivganga Ghat, bio-toilets would be setup on the way to the temple and water pouches would be distributed to them.
local officials told the CM that the entire mela area has been divided into 14 police stations and proper security arrangements would be in place.
The CM also directed JVBNl officials to make adequate arrangement for power supply during the period and lighting the path properly.
In the meeting, labour Minister Raj Paliwar, MP Nishikant Dubey, MlA Narayan Das, Badal Patralekh, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Additional Chief Secretary Amit Khare, DGP DK Pandey, Secretary to the CM Sunil Burnwal and other officials were present.