Row over idol peak: Odisha Chief Secretary to fulfill Puja committees tomorrow

Cuttack: Taking a severe word of the continuing row over the peak of idols throughout the festive season, Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Tuesday referred to as for a gathering with the Puja committees of Cuttack.
According to studies, Suresh Chandra Mohapatra will maintain a gathering with the members of Cuttack Puja committee and Shanti committee to debate the problem. The assembly is slated to be held at 10 AM tomorrow at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena can be slated to attend the assembly together with the involved officers.
Row over the peak of the idol and puja rituals behind curtains began after completely different Puja committees and politicians demanded the State authorities to withdraw the restriction. They additionally hit the road.
“The State Government has given permission for opening every business establishments, shops, shopping mall, cinema halls and parks. But, why the restriction is imposed only for religious matter. The government put the restriction without any discussion and the idol height limit will disrupt 1000-year-old tradition of the Silver City,” alleged one of many protesters in Odisha.
“We request the State government to change its restriction regarding the heights of the idols. If it doesn’t then will be sitting on dharna on the road until our demands are fulfilled,” he threatened.
On the opposite hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has referred to as for a bandh over the problem to place stress on the State authorities.
The State authorities has issued the next restriction
It is hereby directed that congregation for celebration of the above festivals/puja and related spiritual and cultural congregations shall not be allowed in public all through the State.
However, spiritual rituals in church buildings/ temples/mosques/locations of worship will proceed as regular with a restricted variety of individuals with strict adherence to Covid protocols.
The residents are allowed to look at the mentioned Pujas/ festivals of their premises with out inflicting any congregation at anyplace and sustaining all security protocols, resembling social distancing, sporting masks, correct sanitisation, and many others.
The Puja Committees/organizers/ in rural and concrete areas are allowed to conduct puja in mandaps/ pandals as per the next directions:
For conducting Puja in Puja Pandals/ Mandaps, the organizers shall apply to and acquire needed permission from the District Magistrate or some other officer authorised by him/ her. For the realm below Commissionerate of Police of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, such permission shall be given by the Commissioner of Police of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar or some other officer authorised by him/ her.
Puja(s) shall be performed in indoor-like circumstances just for observance of rituals with out public participation, pomp and grandeur.
Puja Pandals/ mandaps shall be coated on three sides. The 4th aspect shall even be coated in a method to not permit any public view of the idols. There shall be no darshan by public/ devotees.
The measurement of the idol shall be lower than 4 ft.
There shall be no use of public handle system.
At any given level of time, there shall not be greater than 7 individuals together with organisers and monks and help workers current within the puja pandal/ mandap.
The individuals current at puja pandal/ mandap shall observe all Covid protocols of social distancing, masks use, private hygiene and sanitation issued by Central/ State Government/ Local Administration in letter and spirit.
The organizers and different individuals concerned in conducting the Puja shall abide by some other situation(s) as imposed by their native Administration/ applicable authority.