{
  "id": 20049314,
  "title": "Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath Directs Foolproof Safety, Security And Cleanliness Arrangements For Chhath Mahaparva",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/uttar-pradesh-cm-yogi-adityanath-directs-foolproof-safety-security",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T20:30:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/uttar-pradesh/uttar-pradesh-cm-yogi-adityanath-directs-foolproof-safety-security-and-cleanliness-arrangements-for-chhath-mahaparva"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lucknow, November 13, 2026 - Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a video conference with officials on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming Chhath Mahaparva, directing them to ensure the safety, security and cleanliness of devotees across the state. The festival, observed by millions of people across various districts, including Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ballia and others, is a time of deep faith and gratitude towards nature.\n\nThe Chief Minister emphasized the need for comprehensive preparations in all districts to ensure devotees observing the fast and other worshippers face no inconvenience. Major Chhath Puja sites and ghats are to be inspected, and necessary arrangements made to clean the ghats along rivers, ponds and other water bodies. Lighting facilities, approach roads and clean drinking water facilities should be provided at these sites.\n\nSafety measures are also a priority, with strong barricades and warning signboards to be installed at vulnerable locations. Adequate numbers of trained divers, boats and water police personnel must be deployed, and continuous monitoring ensured through CCTV cameras and public address systems. Special attention is to be paid to the safety of women, children and senior citizens, with adequate police personnel, including women officers, to be deployed at major ghats.\n\nTraffic management plans are to be prepared to prevent congestion on major roads, with traffic diversions and designated parking areas identified in advance. Additional buses from Delhi to eastern Uttar Pradesh have been directed to facilitate the festival. Special cleanliness drives and uninterrupted power supply are to be ensured throughout the festival, with appropriate precautions taken to prevent accidents from fireworks and other activities.",
  "summary": "Lucknow, November 13, 2026: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday conducted a high-level review of preparations for the upcoming Chhath Mahaparva through video conferencing and directed officials to ensure foolproof arrangements for devotees' convenience, safety and cleanliness across the state. He said, “Chhath is a festival of deep public faith, discipline, purity and gratitude towards…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}