Delhi forms high-level panel to oversee Chhath Puja preps

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has formed a high-level committee to oversee the preparations for Chhath Puja 2025 across Delhi, marking a major step toward celebrating one of the city's most significant cultural festivals with renewed grandeur.

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‘The committee will be chaired by Minister of Art, Culture and Tourism Kapil Mishra, who has promised a large-scale, well-organized celebration at nearly one thousand locations this year.

The committee will be responsible for identifying suitable sites for the festival, ensuring arrangements for safety, sanitation, transportation, lighting, and medical facilities. It will also review preparations across various parts of the national capital before submitting its report to the government. The committee includes four MLAs, Abhay Kumar Verma (Laxmi Nagar), Chandan Kumar Chaudhary (Sangam Vihar), Sandeep Sehrawat (Matiyala), and Deepak Chaudhary (Badli).