New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Occasion MP Parvesh Verma on Friday was seen getting right into a heated argument with a Delhi Jal Board official and known as him “Besharam” (shameless) and “ghatiya aadmi” (low cost individual) after the latter, the chief claimed, didn’t cease spraying chemical substances within the Yamuna river forward of Chhath Puja.
To cope with the issue of froth formation on the floor of the Yamuna River close to Delhi, the DJB officers are resorting to spraying the river water floor with chemical substances.
Verma visited the positioning to examine the preparations for the puja and was seen indulging in a heated argument with the official in a video.
Chatting with ANI, the BJP MP requested who will probably be accountable if individuals who will take a dip into the river (throughout Chhath Puja) fall sick or die.
“On visiting Chhath ghat close to Yamuna right now, we discovered containers with toxic chemical substances there. This chemical will probably be put into the river. Tomorrow the folks will take a dip into the water right here. I mentioned to him that you’re placing so many chemical substances into the water. If anybody of them died or fell sick or developed a pores and skin illness, who will probably be accountable? They mentioned that they have no idea something, they’ve been ordered by the Delhi authorities and should do it,” he mentioned.
Verma mentioned that requested the official to point out the order of the Delhi authorities which assured that the chemical substances will probably be of no hurt to the devotees, nevertheless, he denied having any such order.
“I repeatedly requested him to not put chemical substances into the Yamuna river. I informed him to point out me the order which states that the chemical substances won’t be dangerous, however they didn’t present me something,” he mentioned.
The MP mentioned that if needed to converse on this method for the advantage of the folks of Delhi, he’ll do it.
“How can I not be angered if officers don’t hearken to me on this matter? If I’ve to speak on this method for the advantage of the folks of Delhi, then I’ve no drawback, it’s proper,” he mentioned.
Forward of the Chhath Puja, which is normally celebrated on the river banks in northern India, the DJB officers sprayed chemical substances on the floor close to Kalindi Kunj, with the intention of eradicating the poisonous foam owing to a excessive degree of pollution within the water.
This 12 months’s auspicious event started on October 28 with the normal Nahay Khay ceremony, which was held on the primary day of the four-day pageant. Nahay Khay signifies the start of the four-day Chhath pageant. Six days after Diwali, the auspicious pageant begins.
Taking a ritualistic tub in holy water is taken into account a vital a part of the rituals centred round Chhath puja. Throughout this festive season, devotees residing in Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad head in the direction of the Yamuna river to take a dip in its waters and search blessings from the Solar God for a wholesome, completely happy, and affluent life.
The core ritual across the pageant includes devotees observing a quick and worshipping Chhathi Maiya to specific gratitude to the Solar God for sustaining life on Earth. Chhath is taken into account to be the one Vedic pageant devoted to Surya (the Solar God).
This historic Hindu Vedic pageant is especially celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand and jap Uttar Pradesh in India and Nepal. (ANI)
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