3512 Ansar, VDP personnel deployed at Gaibandha Puja Mandaps

As many as 3512 Ansar and Village Defence Event (VDP) personnel have been deployed on the Puja Mandaps on the occasion of the Sharodiyo Durga Puja, the finest non secular competition of the Hindu Community.

The 5-day prolonged Puja competition began this morning and could well composed advance to an slay on 13 October during the immersion of the idols at diverse water our bodies including ponds, rivers, canals, haors and beels.

A entire of 557 Puja Mandaps have been erected in all seven upazilas of the district, said Assistant District Commandant of Ansar and VDP Md. Rizaul Islam.

To make certain security, 8 Ansar and VDP individuals have been deployed at obligatory Puja Mandaps every and 6 individuals at critical and general Puja Mandaps every, he added.

CC cameras have moreover been build in in and spherical of the Puja Mandaps because the district police have already taken stout-proof security measures.

Immediate Action Battalion (RAB) and police are moreover patrolling the roads to attach up legislation and uncover negate, said Superintendent of Police Md Mosarrof Hossain.

The authorities, as smartly, disbursed spherical 279 metric tonnes of rice to the Puja Mandaps to facilitate the comfy birthday party of the Puja, said district Support and Rehabilitation Officer Md. Shafiqur Rahman.