RAJSHAHI, Sept 23, 2024 (BSS)- The forthcoming Durga Puja, the largest
religious festival of the Hindus, will be celebrated amid festivity
everywhere in Rajshahi city.

All sorts of necessary preparations were adopted so that the puja is
celebrated with enthusiasm and festive mood like the previous years.

Administrator of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Rajshahi Divisional
Commissioner Dr Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir revealed this while addressing a
view-sharing meeting with all stakeholders at the city bhaban conference hall
here today.
 
He also said Ansar-VDP members will be deployed side by side with police to
ensure security to the festival. The Bangladesh Army is also on the field at
present. "We are prepared to face any challenges," he added.

Dr Humayun Kabir also announced that they will extend all sorts of necessary
support to each of the puja mandaps for proper and peaceful celebration of
the festival.
 
On behalf of the city corporation, they will illuminate all puja mandaps
through searchlights. All sorts of necessary measures will also be taken for
successful immersion of the idols.

RCC Administrator Dr Humayun Kabir urged the puja committee leaders to set up
closed circuit cameras in the important puja mandaps alongside metal
detectors in the main entrances. There should be separate gates for male and
females.
 
He asked the police administration to keep close coordination with the puja
committees round the clock. He also gave instructions to the traffic division
to enhance traffic management.

"We have to put in our level best efforts to ensure communal harmony for all
faiths in each of the puja mandaps," he added.

The meeting was told that the Durgotsob will be celebrated in 78 Puja mandaps
in the city this year.