Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be celebrated at 732 mandaps in all eight upazilas, including eight Pourashavas, in Jashore district this year.
A preparatory meeting was held in the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office on Wednesday on celebration of the Durga Puja in a peaceful manner. DC Mohammad Abraul Hasan Majumdar was in the chair.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Tushar Kumar Pal, Additional Superintendent of Police Saiful Islam, Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Anup Das, District Puja Udjapon Parishad President Dipankar Das Ratan, its Vice-Presidents Sukhen Majumdar, Dulal Samaddar, Advocate Prashant Debnath, General Secretary Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Jashore Press Club present Zahid Hasan, among others, were present.
The five-day long festival will begin on October 20 with due respect and religious fervor across the country and end on October 24 with immersion of the idols of goddess Durga and other deities.
Dipankar Das Ratan, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Jashore district unit said, 167 mandaps will be erected in Sadar upazila including the Paurashava, 134 in Abhaynagar upazila, 99 in Monirampur upazila, 98 in Keshavpur upazila , 97 in Bagherpara upazila, 56 in Jhikargacha upazila, 49 in Chowgacha and 32 in Sharsha upazila of the district.
Decoration, beautification and lighting work is going on in full swing in the mandaps, he said.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Abraul Hasan Majumdar said all kinds of administrative steps will be taken to organize Durga Puja in a festive atmosphere. The district administration and the law enforcement forces will work jointly for this purpose.
Additional Superintendent of Police Saiful Islam said strong security measures have been taken for smooth holding of the puja all over the district.
The monitoring team will work at the district and upazila levels, Dipankar Das Ratan, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Jashore district unit said.
