Kolkata fully-prepared to meet idol immersion rush
6 Oct 2014 4:54 AM IST
Officers of the Kolkata police could be seen manning the riverfront to prevent onlookers from getting too close to the river. Special vigil was being maintained from a watch tower near the ghat as thousands waited for hours to bid farewell to the Goddess.
Cranes were deployed at certain ghats to lift and extricate the remains of idols from the river to avoid pollution. Additional lights were up at the immersion ghats and the flowers, levers and metallic weapons were being dumped in separate vats to avoid polluting the river.
Other than maintaining law and order during immersion, the teams of river police and disaster management groups were seen patrolling the Hooghly river. Closed-circuit television cameras were installed at certain ghats to avoid mishaps.
More than 2,700 community pujas were organised in the city this year and their idols were to be immersed in the river. Arrangements were made for the immersion of idols at around
13 river ghats. Over 200 volunteers were engaged by the civic body at the various locations.
There will be no immersion on October 5 because of Eid. They will resume on October 6 after 8 pm, it was announced. It is a Bengali ritual that Goddess Lakshmi cannot be worshipped before bidding farewell to Goddess Durga. So the immersion has to be completed before Lakshmi Puja on October 7, the West Bengal government had announced earlier this month.
Cranes were deployed at certain ghats to lift and extricate the remains of idols from the river to avoid pollution. Additional lights were up at the immersion ghats and the flowers, levers and metallic weapons were being dumped in separate vats to avoid polluting the river.
Other than maintaining law and order during immersion, the teams of river police and disaster management groups were seen patrolling the Hooghly river. Closed-circuit television cameras were installed at certain ghats to avoid mishaps.
More than 2,700 community pujas were organised in the city this year and their idols were to be immersed in the river. Arrangements were made for the immersion of idols at around
13 river ghats. Over 200 volunteers were engaged by the civic body at the various locations.
There will be no immersion on October 5 because of Eid. They will resume on October 6 after 8 pm, it was announced. It is a Bengali ritual that Goddess Lakshmi cannot be worshipped before bidding farewell to Goddess Durga. So the immersion has to be completed before Lakshmi Puja on October 7, the West Bengal government had announced earlier this month.
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