Gangasagar Mela: Suvendu targets state government
While the state government announced that around 1.10 crore people took the holy bath in the Gangasagar Mela and its success despite no central grants
While the state government announced that around 1.10 crore people took the holy bath in the Gangasagar Mela and its success despite no central grants
The state government today launched a massive cleanliness drive at Sagar Island to clean the garbage near Kapil Muni Ashram and the sea beach area.
The Shahi Snan(royal bath) of Makar Sankranti began at the Gangasagar Mela from midnight. The dense fog could not dampen the pilgrims’ spirit as they thronged the water.
The district administration of South 24-Parganas is expecting more than 60 lakh people to take the holy dip.
Transport department has launched the service of air ambulance for evacuating critically ill pilgrims of Gangasagar Mela from Sagar Point to Kolkata for treatment in government hospitals at Kolkata from today to 16 January.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee may visit Sagar Island to inspect preparations for the Gangasagar Mela in the first week of January.
IRCTC, the professional tourism and hospitality arm of Indian Railways, is offering this all-inclusive tour which will encompass a comfortable rail journey in the exclusive LHB rake of Bharat Gaurav Train.
The Gangasagar Mela would start on 8 January and continue till 14 January. Miss Banerjee will primarily take stock of the security and infrastructure arrangements that are underway for the event. As the high tide is expected to coincide with the holy dip on 13 and 14 January, the South 24-Parganas district administration has stepped up security measures to avoid any untoward incident.
“Remain cautious. From Centre to state ministers, all are falling ill. Many of our doctors, nurses, health workers, police and journalists are getting affected. Still, our friends are working hard putting their lives at risk. Help our administration to organise the mela well,”
The CPI-M spokesperson Sujan Chakraborty said that on visiting South 24-Parganas district where the Gangasagar Mela is held one will see that the district authorities are shutting down all markets and shops since according to them, small village shops will spread Covid but a massive Gangasagar Mela that will draw lakhs of pilgrims supposedly has no chances of spreading Covid.
