Ahead of the upcoming festivals including Diwali and Chhath Puja, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw here on Friday announced that the Indian Railways will run 5,975 special trains for these festivals to facilitate passengers.
Devotees offered 'Araghya' to the rising sun as toxic foam floated on the surface of the polluted Yamuna river during Chhath Puja celebrations at Kalindi Kunj, in the national capital, on Monday morning.
Ahead of the last day of the 4-day Chhath Puja festival, devotees gathered on the banks of the Ganga river at Digha Ganga Ghat in Patna on Monday morning to worship the rising Sun.
It is the tradition of Bengal to respect people coming from different religions and faiths and people from various communities live peacefully and happily here, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who inaugurated a Chhath Puja at Netaji Sporting Club this afternoon.
A large number of devotees gathered at designated ghats in the national capital to offer 'Arghya' to God Sun on the occasion of Chhath Puja on Sunday.
The authorities are laying top priority to cleanliness, providing all the necessary civic amenities and above all the safety and security to avoid any kind of untoward incident.
Bidhan Upadhyay, mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), has visited and inspected the various Chhath Puja ghats of Asansol subdivision and has announced that the banks of the 250 Chhath Puja ghats will be concretised soon and tenders of 40 Chhath Puja ghat’s renovations are already been issued.
For Chhath Puja, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has made elaborate arrangements preparing over 200 ghats for the rituals tomorrow.
The Delhi government has constructed 8 artificial ponds at the DDA Ground in Mayur Vihar Phase-3. Here, thousands of devotees can worship together.
Delhi minister Atishi personally inspected arrangements for the Chhath Puja so that devotees did not face any inconvenience.
