This year, the possible number of mandaps for Durga Puja across the country is 32 thousand 666. Out of this, there will be 157 mandaps in Dhaka South City and 88 mandaps in North City has been informed by Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
He said that the musical instruments of the worship hall should be stopped during the Azan and Namaz. Music should be stopped five minutes before Azan.
The Home Affairs Adviser said these things after a meeting with the leaders of the Puja Celebration Council at the secretariat on Tuesday (September 10) about the law and order situation.
He said that there was a discussion about ensuring round-the-clock security at the Puja mandaps. He said that volunteers will be recruited to prevent nefarious activities. Volunteers will be recruited from any citizen of the country. There will be at least three volunteers at night, two during the day.
When asked about border killing, the Adviser said, there was a little discussion about border killing. Therefore, I will only say, I have ordered the concerned authority to take measures to prevent such incidents from happening in the future. I hope this kind of incident will not happen in the future.
The Adviser also said, another problem arises during the Puja, as our people go back and forth, the people from the other side go to see the Puja, and the people from the other side come to see the Puja. I have requested everyone here, this time you build a good Pujamandap in the border belt so that our people do not go beyond to see the Puja. People from the other side should not come to take care of it.