Tag: Gangasagar Mela

Calcutta HC revises its order on Gangasagar Mela

The court has instead reconstituted it to a two-member committee comprising former Justice Samapti Chatterjee and the member secretary of the West Bengal Legal Services Authority.

January 11, 2022

‘Gangasagar Mela will put hundreds of lives in peril’

“Where is the chief minister going to admit patients who will rush to hospitals in large numbers after being affected by Covid? The state government ought to control the situation now. Several pilgrims are not even wearing masks and here we are witnessing a spurt in everyday caseload. This seems like a deliberate action by the state to put the lives of citizens in jeopardy”

January 8, 2022

Calcutta HC allows Gangasagar Mela with Covid restrictions

It must be ensured that all persons concerned with the control and management of the Gangasagar Mela such as government officials

January 7, 2022

Calcutta HC allows Gangasagar Mela, stresses need for e-bathing

Those who seek to have the holy water by mail would be given, it was directed. Only the postal charges will be taken from them, it was further directed.

January 14, 2021

Drones may spray sanitisers on Gangasagar pilgrims

Drones have been deployed at crucial junctures like Lot8, Kachuberia, Namkhana, Benuban, Chemaguri, Bus Stand, Sagar Temple and Beach.

January 13, 2021

Pandemic poses challenges for next year’s Gangasagar Mela

A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting to take stock of the mela preparations in Nabanna today. Chaired by state chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, senior officials of many departments like rural development, power, urban development, fire services were present at the meeting.

November 20, 2020

Makar Sankranti: 46 lakh devotees take holy dip

After Kumbh Mela, the Gangasagar Mela is said to be the second largest assembly of people flocking to the island from different parts of the country and abroad.

January 16, 2020

Kapil Muni priest slams PM Modi, Centre, for ignoring Gangasagar Mela

The priest also said that the Centre is treating the mela with a step-motherly attitude, by not providing any assistance for the mega pilgrimage.

January 15, 2020

‘If land is gifted to Muslims, it will encourage terrorism’: Shankarcharya of Puri

The Shankarcharya, during his visit to the Gangasagar Mela, today said that if the land in Ayodhya is given to Muslims, the members of the community from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Arab countries will give it the form of Mecca even if the minority community in India does not want to do so.

January 14, 2020

Mamata slams Centre for funding Kumbh Mela but cold-shouldering Ganga Sagar Mela

Gangasagar mela is an annual congregation of Hindu pilgrims at the Sagar island where they take holy dips at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal during the Makar Sankranti.

January 9, 2020

CM takes stock of Gangasagar Mela preparations, asks cops to be alert

Addressing an administrative meeting at Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas, Miss Banerjee, said “Some elements might try to create trouble during the week-long mela. No such incident would be tolerated. No one should create any mischief at the mela grounds.”

January 7, 2020

Lost-and-found a constant at Gangasagar Mela in Bengal’s Sagar Island

Till now, about 2,176 cases of lost people being reunited with their families have been recorded

January 16, 2019

Over 3 million take holy dip in Bengal’s Gangasagar Mela

Security arrangements have been beefed up in the area by the state government as well as the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

January 15, 2019

Mamata accuses Centre of not releasing Rs 2,500 cr under MNREGA

Accusing the Centre of a "step-motherly attitude" towards the state, Banerjee claimed that people of rural Bengal are not able to withdraw money under the scheme due to lack of bank branches in certain places.

December 28, 2018