Ludhiana: With Chhath Puja around the corner, the civic body has stepped up preparations across the city, setting up temporary ghats at several locations and directing officials to ensure cleanliness and necessary arrangements for devotees during the festivities.Mayor Inderjit Kaur Wednesday inspected arrangements at several sites, including the Pakhowal Road canal bridge, a temporary ghat at Lohara village and Star Colony. Zonal commissioner Jasdev Singh Sekhon and other civic officials accompanied her during the inspections.The preparations are aimed at facilitating devotees who will gather at different locations across the city to offer prayers during the festival. Temporary ghats are being established in different areas so that devotees have access to facilities closer to their neighbourhoods.During the visits, the mayor interacted with organisers and devotees, sought their feedback on the arrangements and directed civic officials to address requirements at the sites. She particularly stressed maintaining cleanliness at the ghats and their surroundings during the celebrations.Organisers, meanwhile, assured the civic body that they would cooperate in keeping the sites clean. The mayor also appealed to devotees to join hands with the authorities in ensuring that the areas used for the celebrations remain clean.Extending greetings ahead of Chhath Puja, the mayor said the festival symbolised harmony, brotherhood, peace and unity in diversity. She said the civic body was making arrangements at different locations to facilitate devotees.
