Telangana: BJP MLA requests CM Rao to issue guidelines for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations

Amid coronavirus lockdown, BJP MLA T Raja Singh wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao asking him to issue guidelines for upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in state.

In his letter, BJP leer requested Telangana CM to come up with a list of dos and don'ts for festival keeping in mind pandemic . He ded that a large number of people in his constituency were dependent on Ganesh idol making for ir livelihood and cancelling celebration at last moment will d to ir ecomic burden.

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"T idol makers are totally confused at this point of time wher re will be celebrations like every year or celebrations with restrictions on height of Ganesh idol, idol immersion procession or celebrations at all," said T Raja Singh ding that idol-making usually begins in state by June.

MLA requested  Telangana Chief Minister to release an official statement on festival as soon as possible saying that, "many idol makers are confused wher permission will be issued or t" due to COVID-19 crisis. He also requested Chief Minister to at least issue permission for 10 feet tall idols as many of idol makers earned ir yearly income through it.

Coronavirus in Telangana

Meanwhile, four more people succumbed to coronavirus in Telangana pushing death toll to 67, while 117 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported on Thursday taking tally to 2,256, authorities said.  According to a bulletin issued by state government, new cases included 49 Saudi Arabia deportees and two migrant workers.

Anuncing furr relaxations,  Telangana government on Wednesday permitted all s of shops, except malls, to open in Hyderab and lifted night ban on plying State Ro Transport Corporation buses. It, however, decided t to allow buses to run in Hyderab for some more days in view of COVID-19 case lo, an official release said. 

CM Rao held separate meetings with ministers and officials on COVID-19 situation and implementation of lockdown, among ors, and took decisions on several issues, release ded. 

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