Delhi Declares Public Holiday on November 16 for Chhath Puja
Delhi government announces a public holiday on November 16 for Chhath Puja, closing schools, colleges, and government offices.
New Delhi, November 10 (Daily Kiran) : The Delhi government has officially declared November 16 as a public holiday in observance of Chhath Puja, also known as Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi. This announcement was made by a government official on Tuesday.
According to the General Administration Department, all schools, colleges, government offices, and autonomous bodies under the Delhi government will remain closed on this day. The official notification stated, “A public holiday has been declared across Delhi for all government offices, autonomous bodies, and public sector undertakings on November 16 in celebration of Chhath Puja.”
Additionally, municipal agencies, including the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), will also observe this holiday next Monday.
Earlier, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced that the state government is preparing over 1,400 Chhath ghats this year, an increase from the 1,326 ghats established last year. On Thursday, BJP President Nitin Naveen will inaugurate an 11-kilometer-long Chhath ghat along the Munak Canal in Delhi.
To oversee the preparations for the four-day Chhath festival starting November 13, the Delhi government has formed a committee chaired by Arts and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra. The committee includes legislators Abhay Kumar Verma, Chandan Kumar Chaudhary, Sandeep Sahrawat, and Deepak Chaudhary, along with social activist Santosh Ojha.
The Chhath committee has been tasked with ensuring arrangements for No Objection Certificates (NOCs) at the ghats and event sites, as well as providing drinking water, medical and ambulance services, fire safety, mobile toilets, security, traffic management, sanitation, fogging, and uninterrupted electricity supply.
