New Delhi: Thousands of visitors thronged the Ganga Sagar Mela after the fair began amid strict screening of pilgrims for double vaccination and RT-PCR tests as well as random testing.
Inaugurating the annual religious fair, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the pilgrims visiting the mela to strictly follow the COVID-19 guidelines and asked the Mela (Religious Assembly) committee to visit Sagar Island for the annual fair. Don’t allow too many people. PTI report
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On the other hand, the petition filed against the ban on the Magh Mela to be held in Prayagraj is likely to be heard in the High Court.
Speaking to news agency ANI, South 24 Parganas District Magistrate Dr P Ulaganathan said, “Lakhs of devotees and sadhus come every year. But this time due to COVID-19, all our preparations have become complicated and a lot of extra Preparations have to be made. We have made elaborate arrangements for COVID management at all entry points.”
The District Magistrate said that about three to four lakh people are expected to come and accordingly all preparations have been made. The authorities are following the High Court which allowed the annual fair to take place and ordered that the entire Sagar Island be declared a notified area. The bench also ordered that all the pilgrims should be fully vaccinated and test negative for COVID-19 in the RT-PCR test conducted 72 hours before reaching the venue.
People are constantly being screened to see if they have been double vaccinated. RT-PCR test is being done, no one can come to the island without vaccination and RT-PCR test and accordingly all arrangements have been made. Mask distribution is five lakh masks have been distributed so far. Masks are mandatory, for this we have hired volunteers and continuous awareness is also being done and announcements are also being made,” Ulaganathan said as reported by ANI.
“We are conducting medical screening at every entry point and have made several arrangements ranging from thermal checking to sanitisation. We are also conducting rapid antigen test of pilgrims and sadhus visiting the mela. People with more than 50 percent capacity are not being brought in all the buses arranged.
In addition to the above arrangements, a water ambulance and an air ambulance are also available on the ground for COVID infected people. He said that random testing is being done to know whether people are infected or not.
All the activities of the Mela are being monitored from the Mega Control Room. CCTV cameras and drones are being used to keep a watch on every movement of the fair. In addition, transport boats, ships and all arrangements have been made as the visitors will have to cross the sea for the fair.
The District Magistrate said that a large number of police, navy, disaster management teams, civil defense forces have been deployed to keep an eye on the crowd management, as well as arrangements have been made to transport people through buses, ships and GPRS facilities. has been added. barge
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