A high level coordination committee meeting of state officials was convened at Puri on Monday for the smooth conduct of the forthcoming Rath Yatra, which is on June 24. The Revenue Divisional Commissioner (central range) directed the district officials of various departments to remain prepared so that the annual festival passes off peacefully.
“All the concerned departments have been asked to remain ready for the big occasion. Electricity is a major department which has been asked to provide uninterrupted electricity in the city. Similarly, PHD officials have been instructed to provide enough drinking water to the pilgrims. Health sector is another area to be looked at. Sufficient number of ambulances would be kept during the festival. The vacant posts in the district headquarters hospital should be filled in at the earliest,” RDC Ashok Meena said.
Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty said that proper security arrangement would be kept in place for an incident-free Rath Yatra this time. “Unlike the last year when six pilgrims were trampled to death in stampede, we would take maximum care to avoid such mishap this year during the festival. Smooth and hassle-free darshan of devotees would be our prime motto,” Mohanty said.
The officials also requested the shrine sebayats (servitors) to conduct the Lord’s rituals in the temple at the scheduled time. Notably, large scale inconvenience in the conduct of daily rituals at Jagannath temple has become a cause of worry for the temple authorities these days. District collector Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma and SP Rajesh Kumar among others were present in the meeting.
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