In wake of COVID-19 pandemic cases across the state, the Jharkhand government has issued a notification prohibiting congregation and religious ceremony on the banks of rivers, ponds, and other public waterbodies for Chhath puja, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In wake of COVID-19 pandemic cases across the state, the Jharkhand government has issued a notification prohibiting congregation and religious ceremony on the banks of rivers, ponds and other public waterbodies for Chhath puja, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the guidelines issued by the State Disaster Management Committee late on Sunday, all precautions were being taken by the government to ensure the safety of people amid the pandemic, and as part of the measures, no one would be allowed to organise any musical or cultural programme near the waterbodies during the Chhath festival.
Decorative lights at public places and bursting of firecrackers, too, have been forbidden this time.
The committee, in its notification, said that the practice of taking bath in one waterbody by a group of people could increase the chances of virus transmission.
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