Chairing the final coordination meeting the CM through a virtual mode, the CM expressed his happiness and thanked servitors for the smooth conduct of the car festival during the Covis-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. He also directed all the concerned departments to coordinate and take all necessary steps for smooth conduct of the annual festival as more numbers of devotees are expected to visit the pilgrim city this year.
On Thursday, security arrangements in and around the Srimandir, Gundicha temple, Badadanda and inner and outer Rath cordons besides traffic regulations for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra were.