Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) imposed restrictions on congregations at river ghats and water bodies during Kartik Purnima, November 30.
The BMC said that it will take all types of precautionary measures in order to avoid any type of congregation of people at religious places across the city.
The civic body has also put restrictions on visiting of temples on the full-moon day of the holy month of Kartika which is considered as the holiest occasion in the Odia calendar.
Notably, the state government November 25 also imposed restrictions on the ‘Boita Bandana Utsav’ and mass bathing on the day of Kartik Purnima at river ghats and other water bodies on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An order issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) also stated that Bali Yatra which is organised at different places including Cuttack, Paradip and Bhubaneswar on the same day will remain prohibited. The government has banned these activities in the public interest as such congregations have large potential for the spread of COVID-19 infections.
PNN