Health department officials were also deployed at the venue for sanitising the temple complex in regular intervals so as to check the spread of the virus.
Functionaries of Jamshedpur Durga Puja Kendriya Samity (JDPKS), the apex body which ensures peaceful conduct of the festival, hailed the Akhara committee for maintaining hygiene and social distance. The Jumbo Akhara at Bhalubasa attracts the maximum number of devotees on Ram Navami. This year the turnout was much less due to the pandemic. The Akhara committee members did a good job for ensuring mandatory Covid protocols, said Rambabu Singh, general secretary of JDPKS.
According to the senior functionary of the apex body no immersion processions will be taken out on Thursday due to the Covid restrictions imposed by the state government.