The Capital city is gearing up to celebrate the annual sun festival- Chhath Puja and the authorities too are promising foolproof arrangements for the festival beginning on Saturday. The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has expedited the cleaning process of all the water bodies across the City ahead of the Chhath festival.
An inspection team headed by the RMC Municipal Commissioner inspected the various Chhath ghats across the State capital on Tuesday.
Additional Municipal Commissioner Girja Shankar Prasad along with the zonal supervisors were also present. This year the festival will be celebrated on November 2 as Sandhya Argha and November 3 as Suryodaya Argha. “RMC is working on its toes to provide all the necessary facilities for Chhath Puja to the devotees of the Capital city. The Municipal Commissioner inspected the various Chhath ghats and issued necessary instructions. Dhurwa Dam, Chota Dhurwa Dam, Batam Talab, Banas Talab, Hatia Swarnrekha, Power House Talab, Chutia Talab and others spots have been inspected. Directions have been given to speed up the cleaning work and finish it latest by October 30 for all the water bodies,” said the Additional Municipal Commissioner.
RMC has also directed the installation of proper lights around the water bodies and also on the paths leading to the ghats for the convenience of the devotees.
“Post Diwali and Kali Puja, the water bodies are filled with puja paraphernalia floating on the water’s surface. Instructions have been given to not just clean the Chhath ghats but also all roads and lanes leading to the worship site need to be cleaned.
Separate male and female changing rooms are also being made for the worshippers at Bada Talab and Batam Talab,” added Prasad. Suggestions to sprinkle bleaching powder around all the water bodies, barricades to mark danger zones with a red ribbon, cleaning the staircases have been given to the officials and designated supervisors at each ghat.
“Some of the water bodies like Bada Talab, Chadri Talab, Kanke Dam, Dhurwa Dam which are quite deep will have the danger zones marked and NDRF teams wil also be deputed by the district administration to prevent any untoward incidents,” said Prasad.
Apart from installation of lights and barricading the danger zones with bamboo sticks and red ribbons, the civic body is also making arrangements for generators, health booths, demarcation of lanes for male and female devotees and drinking water facilities at each ghat.