RAJSHAHI, Sept 26, 2019 (BSS)- Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) will extend
Taka 10,000 to each of the Puja mandaps in the city aims at making the
forthcoming Celebration of Durga Puja, largest religious festival of the
Hindu community, more festive and enthusiastic among the devotees.
City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton revealed this while addressing a meeting
to mark the ensuing Sharodiya Durga Puja-2019 at the city bhaban conference
hall here yesterday evening as chief guest.
He also announced that the city bhaban and the important crossings of the
city will be eliminated on the occasion.
Besides, closed-circuit camera will be added to all the immersion points
side by side with full-proof security.
Chaired by RCC Secretary Abu Hayat Rahmatullah, the meeting was addressed,
among others, by its Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu, Additional District
Magistrate Nazrul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police
Sazid Hossain, Rajshahi city unit president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon
Parishad Alok Kumar Das and its General Secretary Advocate Sarat Chandara
Sarker.
The meeting was told that the Durgotsob will be celebrated in 76 Puja
mandaps in the city this year from October 5 to 8. Each of the Puja mandap
was given 500 kilograms of rice by the district relief and rehabilitation
office this year.
Meanwhile, preparation for celebrating the Durga Puja is going on
everywhere in the metropolis at present. People of the community are passing
their busiest days with the works of decorating and painting idol and Puja
mandaps ahead of their festival.
Idol makers commonly known as Pauls are passing their busy days in the
final touch works of idols of Hindu deities. With only a week is left, the
Pauls are working round the clock to make sure that the idols are ready in
time.
Decorations of temples, lighting, and setting up of mandaps are expected
to turn the city into a festive look within the next couple of days.
Police administration has chalked out elaborate security measures to make
the celebration a total success.
“We have adopted tight security measures to make the Rajshahi city’s Durga
Puja celebration festive and successful,” said Sazid Hossain.