Ravana effigy
Highlights
- Torn clothes were worn on the effigy of Ravana
- clerk suspended with immediate effect
- Payment of construction amount will also be stopped
Chhattisgarh: Dussehra was celebrated across the country on Wednesday. Ravana’s effigies were burnt at various places. Fairs took place. Crowds gathered at the fairs. This time on the day of Dussehra, there was a lot of rain in many places, in which the effigies of Ravana were also soaked. Those who had to struggle a lot to burn. A joke also went on social media that this time Ravana will be killed by drowning him. Due to getting wet in the rain, many effigies were also left half-burnt. But one such half-burnt effigy became a disaster on four government employees in Chhattisgarh.
Show cause notices issued to four officers
A municipal corporation clerk has been suspended and four officials have been issued show cause notices for not burning the head of an effigy of Ravana during Dussehra celebrations in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district on Wednesday. Dhamtari Municipal Corporation has suspended Assistant Grade 3 Rajendra Yadav for negligence in preparing the effigy of Ravana during Dussehra celebrations, officials said.
clerk suspended with immediate effect
In the suspension order issued by the Commissioner of Dhamtari Municipal Corporation, it has been said, “Great negligence has been taken by Rajendra Yadav, Assistant Grade Three Municipal Corporation, Dhamtari in getting the effigy of Ravana ready for the Dussehra festival, which tarnished the image of the corporation.” happened. In view of the above reasons, he is suspended with immediate effect. During the suspension period, he will be eligible for subsistence allowance as per rules.” Along with this, show-cause notices have been issued to the corporation’s assistant engineer Vijay Mehra and sub-engineers Lomas Devangan, Kamlesh Thakur and Kamta Nagendra.
Torn clothes were worn on the effigy of Ravana
He told that the festival of Dussehra is celebrated every year with pomp in Dhamtari city. The effigy of Ravana is prepared by the municipality for the main function. On Wednesday, when the effigy of Ravana was installed in the ground for the ceremony, people started making fun of him after seeing his stature and torn clothes. Not only this, many pictures and videos of the effigy were also made viral on social media.
The payment of the relevant amount will also be stopped
According to officials, when the effigy of Ravana was burnt in the evening, part of his torso was burnt within four minutes, but ten heads remained. This tarnished the image of the municipality in front of the people. Mayor of Dhamtari Municipal Corporation Vijay Devangan said, “Action has been taken against those who were entrusted with the responsibility of building the effigy of Ravana. Now the payment of the amount related to the construction of the effigy will also be stopped.