District administration on Friday assured peaceful immersion of Durga Puja idols. All the civic amenities were in place. All the 300 Durga Puja committees followed their route to immerse the idols.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal Durga puja committees said that civic amenities like repairing of street lights, roads and cleaning of wastes were in place.
“I along with senior superintendent of police (East Singhbhum) Anoop T Mathew monitored spot inspection of the puja pandals during immersion. We checked if the puja committees are adhering to the directives issued by the administration,” said East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal.
The announcement by the deputy commissioner also meant that magistrates and police officials deputed in the 25 zones (in terms of police stations) and six super zones (based in terms of clusters of police stations) were present coord to ensure that there is no violation.
City SP Chandan Jha all the puja committees were asked that drunken youths do not accompany their immersion procession on Bijoya Dashami.
“We had warned that if the police gets information about rowdy behaviour by youths during immersion ceremony under influence of liquor then legal action would be taken against the guilty youths but this time police will also lodge FIR against president and secretary of the puja committees and also initiate proceeding for cancellation of their puja license,” said city SP.
Dhalbhum SDO Alok Kumar had asked the zonal and super zones magistrates and police officials to coordinate with local urban bodies in ensuring repairing of streetlights and approach roads to Durga puja pandals.
SDO said that water tankers were deputed at local police stations. As the puja committees, who coordinated with thana officials or with super zone and zonal officials for availing water tankers to fill their drums, were kept near the pandals.