By Express News Service
PURI: Amid the surge in Covid instances in Puri, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is prone to difficulty a revised normal working process (SOP) on Saturday. Chief administrator of SJTA Dr Krishan Kumar on Wednesday mentioned like these from outdoors Odisha, devotees from the State could also be requested to furnish RT-PCR damaging report or full vaccination certificates for entry into Srimandir. The determination will probably be taken in view of the rise in constructive instances in each the pilgrim city and the district.
Puri reported 223 contemporary Covid instances on Wednesday as in comparison with 193 the day past. The new instances included 122 detected in Puri city. The SJTA has taken a number of steps to guard Srimandir servitors who proceed to carry out each day rituals of the Trinity regardless of the prevailing Covid scenario. The SJTA chief mentioned the administration is gearing as much as reopen Covid amenities that have been closed after the primary coronavirus wave. A 40-bed devoted Covid hospital has been arrange on the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) campus to deal with contaminated servitors. The temple-run lodge Niladri Bhakta Nivas has additionally been reworked right into a Covid care residence. All the beds would have oxygen provide.
If any servitor wants ICU or ventilator amenities, he can be shifted to the IDH Covid hospital. The Covid care centre would have sufficient variety of medical doctors and paramedical workers in addition to an ambulance, Dr Kumar knowledgeable. A devoted vaccination centre for servitors is at present operational. Moreover, immunity-boosting homoeopathic medication have been given to the servitors for the fifth time.
Dr Kumar additional mentioned, the administration is conserving an in depth watch on servitors who returned from Kumbh Mela at Haridwar. Till date, 32 servitors have returned to Puri and their swab samples have been examined. Only one was discovered Covid-19 constructive. Health employees are making doorstep go to of each servitor household and accumulating their journey and well being historical past. Health groups are additionally offering remedy to servitors in residence isolation.
A seven-member physique of servitors has been fashioned to hold out vaccination of all temple clergymen aged over 18 years from May 1. RT-PCR check of all carpenters, temple workers and servitors, who will probably be concerned in development of chariots for the annual Rath Yatra, can be performed. They will even be vaccinated, he added. Three groups comprising the temple safety and police personnel are making certain strict adherence to the SOP and Covid tips by devotees coming into Srimandir.
Meanwhile, chief carpenters of the three chariots set off for Cuttack with ‘ajnamallyas’ of the Trinity to start out sawing timber logs in a government-run noticed mill in Khapuria industrial property. As per custom, sawing of timber for development of the Raths begins on the event of Ramanavami. However this yr, hand sawing of the logs by temple carpenters has been stopped because of the present Covid scenario. Sources mentioned virtually all of the timber logs for the three chariots have reached the noticed mill.
Safety measures in shrine
Devotees from the State could need to furnish RT-PCR damaging report or vaccination certificates for Srimandir entry
32 servitors return to Puri from Kumbh Mela, one checks constructive
7-member staff fashioned to vaccinate servitors aged over 18 years
Chief carpenters of three chariots set off for Cuttack to start out Rath development work
Carpenters, temple workers and servitors concerned in development of chariots to be inoculated
