Elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth Chhath Puja in Bihar

PATNA: The Patna district administration has made elaborate security arrangements along all ghats by the river Ganga here to avert any untoward incident during this year's Chhath festival that began Sunday, officials said.

A total number of 91 medical camps have been set up at different ghats in Patna, the officials said.

At least 20 types of medicines will be available at the camps and 32 ambulances have been deployed at various places for the safety of devotees, the health minister of Bihar, Mangal Pandey, said on Sunday.

Four river ambulances have been pressed into service as well, Pandey said.

All the government hospitals and five private hospitals have been asked to be alert during the four-day festival, Pandey added.

District magistrate (DM) of Patna Kumar Ravi, along with other officials, visited some major ghats on Saturday, and had expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made for the festival.

The administration has set up watch towers, changing rooms, toilets, public address system, urinals and CCTVs at the ghats, Kumar Ravi had said on Saturday.

Power supply at the ghats will be adequate, the had DM said.