Artisans busy for final touches for Durga idols in Khulna Artisans busy for final touches for Durga idols in Khulna  KHULNA, Oct 18, 2020 (BSS) – The artisans
in different places here as elsewhere in
the country are passing their busy time to
make final touches on the idols just a few
days ahead of the sacred Durga puja , the
biggest religious festival of the Bengali
Hindus .
The five-day Sharodiya Utsab will begin on
October 22 and conclude on October 26
through the immersion of idols.
This year, Durga Puja will be held at 982
Mandaps in the city and district
maintaining social distance and health
safety guide lines, set up by the
government.
Around 400 Idol makers in different puja
pandels in Khulna city and district are
found busy in finishing touches to idols
ahead of the Puja.
General Secretary of City Unit Puja
Udjapon Parisad Prashanta Kumar Kundu told
BSS that a total of 136 Durga Mandaps will
be set up in the city while 846 Durga Puja
Mandaps will be erected in all nine
upazilas of the district to celebrate
Durga Puja.
While visiting the largest Dharmasava Puja
mandap in the city this correspondent
found that artisans are now busy painting
the images of Durga to make attractive to
the devotees and the visitors.
Talking to BSS, Ram Prasad, an idol maker
of Dharmasava Puja mandap in the city said
this year the idol-makers are expected to
earn more profit than last year.
He said the cost of raw materials
including earth, rope, straw, bamboo and
jute, the most essential ingredients of
the idols have highly increased this
years.
Manash Kumar Ghosh, organizing secretary
of Dharmasava Puja Mandap in the city,
told BSS that preparations for the idols
of Durga have become costlier due to high
price of the raw materials and increased
charges of idol makers and their relevant
companions .
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) and
Khulna District Police authorities have
separately taken adequate security
measures for smooth and peaceful
celebration of the Puja.
KMP commissioner Md Masudur Bhuiyan said
all kinds of security measures,
uninterrupted electricity supply and
traffic management would be ensured for
peaceful celebration of Puja festival.
Khulna Superintendent of Police S M
Shafiullah said, security measures have
been taken in each mandap. A team of
policemen and ansars will be deployed in
all puja pandels.
Deputy Commissioner Md Helal Hossain said
disinfectant components including hand
wash, sanitizers,and thermal scanner
machines will be set up in each entrance
of the Puja Mondap in the wake of ongoing
coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
He added that close circuit television
cameras would also be installed in all
puja Mandaps.
The DC said Puja Committee has been asked
to install fire extinguishers in all Puja
Mandaps and more than ten devotees at a
time are not allowed to visit the pandel
and rally on the day of immersion will be
prohibited due to COVID-19.
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