The four-day grand festival of faith, i.e. 'Chhath Puja' will begin on November 5 with Nahai-Khai. Given the festival, social organizations have started preparing. The work of cleaning and beautifying the ghats has begun. Meanwhile, big news has come out for the people of Delhi. A public holiday has been declared on November 7 for Chhath Puja in the city.
Atishi approved the proposal of LG.
Let us tell you that Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had written a letter to Chief Minister Atishi (CM Atishi) requesting to declare Chhath Arghya Day i.e. 7 November as a public holiday. The Delhi government approved this proposal of the LG. Before declaring a public holiday, Chhath Puja was included in the list of restricted holidays of the Delhi government.
LG had written a letter for a public holiday.
In a letter to Atishi, the Lieutenant Governor had written, the Chhath festival is celebrated for 4 days. In which the third day is very important. He further wrote, that this day falling on 7 November is already on the list of restricted holidays. I request that it be declared as a complete holiday. The Delhi government responded to this letter from the LG in less than an hour.
Chief Minister Atishi wrote on Twitter, I am happy to inform you that the Delhi government has decided that there will be a holiday on 7 November for the festival of Chhath. So that all the brothers and sisters of Purvanchal can celebrate the festival of Chhath with great pomp and show.
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