People wearing PPE disinfect a pandal in front of Durga Puja in Kolkata. (Reuters)
The Calcutta High Court has allowed 60 organizers to gather within large pandalos and only 45 can be present at any one time. For small pandals, he said 30 organizers are allowed in, and no more than 15 are present at any one time.
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The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday partially eased its previous order by declaring Durga Puja pandals as no-entry zones for the public to control the spread of Covid-19 during the holiday season.
The court dismissed a petition for review in its previous order by bid organizers, but allowed the assembly of 60 organizers within large pandals with only 45 allowed to be present at any given time. For the little ones pandalsHe said 30 organizers are allowed inside, and no more than 15 are present at any one time.
Pandals that cover an area of 300 square meters or more will be classified as ‘large’, while those that cover an area less than that will be considered ‘small’.
The court added that a list of such organizers must be displayed outside the pandals at 8 a.m. every day in bid days, and the list can be changed taking into account the occupancy limit. The HC also maintained its ban on meeting indoors pandals for rituals like Pushpanjali and Sindoor Khela.
The petition for review had been submitted by the Durgotsav Forum, a coordinating organization of around 400 bid committees in Kolkata.
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