People from all over the nation are arriving at the Basukinath Temple during the auspicious month of Shraavan. Meanwhile, administrative officers from Deoghar and Dumka are constantly monitoring the arrangements to ensure safety and convenience of the devotees.
After initial rituals, jalarpan began at 4:20 today, whereas at Basukinath Temple, devotees began to pour gangajal from 3:56 after Mandir Purohit Puja.
Deoghar’s Superintendent of Police A Vijayalakshmi and Sub Divisional Officer Sudhir Gupta began inspecting the lines of devotees moving towards Basukinath Temple from morning.
Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar Arava Rajkamal took stock of the routes of kanwariyas and ensured that jalarpan is being conducted peacefully. The lines of devotees moved peacefully from Barmasia Chowk to Nandan Pahar.
Here in Dumka, DC Rahul Kumar Sinha and SDO Zeeshan Kamar paid a visit to every check post in the morning. Sinha ordered the deployed magistrates and police officials to ensure that separate lines of men and women are maintained and no unwarranted intrusion is allowed in women’s queue.
The Dumka DC also instructed a police administrative camp to be set up near Tata Dharamshala Road so that route lines can be controlled in a better way. He also directed Dumka Nagar Panchayat to ensure adequate lighting arrangements from bus stand to rickshaw route.
Sinha instructed district public relations department to put up signage along the routes taken by kanwariyas as they are found walking in middle of the main street between Hansdiha and Nonihat. Adequate numbers of free shelters have been erected along the path taken by the kanwariyas, putting an end to instances of devotees sleeping on roadside.
Medical personnel deployed in medical camps near Basukinath Temple were found present for duty on inspection, along with all magistrates and police personnel were also on duty.Teams of officials from information and public relation department are capturing photographs of Deoghar and Basukinath Temple with their smartphones and transmitting relevant details round the clock. Any drawbacks in Shravani Mela are being recorded and forwarded to district administration for rectification.