Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has provided financial assistance to 85 puja mandap in Rajshahi city on the occasion of Sharadiya Durga Puja-2026. A total of Tk 20,000 has been provided to each puja mandap, totaling Tk 17 lakh. On Sunday (October 11), at 11:30 am, a meeting was held at the City Hall meeting room of Nagar Bhaban to exchange views with traditional religious leaders, leaders of the Metropolitan Puja Celebration Committee and the presidents and general secretaries of various puja mandap. After the meeting, Rajshahi City Corporation Administrator Md. Mahfuzur Rahman Riton officially handed over the donation checks to the representatives of the puja mandap.

Speaking as the chief guest at the meeting, RASC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton said, “Our goal is to ensure that the Sharidiya Durga Puja is celebrated in a fair, beautiful and peaceful environment. Prime Minister Mr. Tarique Rahman has given appropriate instructions to ensure maximum security on the occasion of Durga Puja. Accordingly, all the concerned departments and organizations have taken necessary initiatives. Rajshahi City Corporation is providing all possible cooperation to celebrate the Sharidiya Durga Puja in a fair, peaceful and uninterrupted manner. We are always by your side.”

The RASIC administrator also said, “We want to develop Rajshahi as a green city and a clean city, along with a drug-free, terror-free and safe city through joint efforts. To achieve this goal, the sincere cooperation of everyone, including the city residents, is needed.”

When the leaders of the puja mandap demanded WiFi in the meeting, the RASIC administrator immediately instructed the concerned to take necessary measures to provide WiFi connection in each puja mandap.

Nazrul Islam, Deputy Director of the Local Government Department of the Rajshahi Deputy Commissioner’s Office, and Faruk Hossain, Additional Police Commissioner of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, addressed the meeting. Sohel Rana, Secretary of the RSC, moderated the meeting.

Present on the dais were RASIK Chief Executive Officer Rezaul Karim, Chief Cleaning Officer Sheikh Md. Mamun, Superintendent Engineer Khairul Baker, Chief Health Officer Dr. FAM Anjuman Ara Begum, Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist, Christian Welfare Front Rajshahi Metropolitan General Secretary Ashok Kumar Saha, RDA Executive Magistrate Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, SRB-5 Assistant Police Superintendent Md. Ashraf and others. Traditional religious leaders, leaders of the Metropolitan Puja Celebration Committee and the presidents and general secretaries of various puja mandap and other concerned persons were present at the meeting.

The meeting discussed and decided on the deployment of police and Ansar to control the law and order situation and to keep a volunteer team from among themselves at each puja mandap, to ensure uninterrupted power supply at 85 puja mandap, to arrange adequate lighting at the mandap and immersion ghat, to repair and keep the roads surrounding the puja mandap clean and to take necessary measures by the Rajshahi City Corporation to facilitate immersion at the immersion ghat, to install CCTV cameras at each puja mandap, to avoid fire-related accidents, to take necessary fire-fighting measures at the mandap committee’s own responsibility, to deploy a diving team with the necessary equipment of the Fire Service and Civil Defense at the immersion ghat during immersion, and to strengthen traffic arrangements.

The 85 puja mandap temples in Rajshahi city that received donations are: Keshabpur Shiv Mandir in front of Bheripara Police Line, Bulanpur Shiv Mandir Committee, Rajshahi Court Hargram Temple, Bulanpur Harijan Palli’s Sri Sri Shiv Mandir, Lakshmipur Baganpara’s Sri Sri Durga Matar Mandir, ID Baganpara’s Shiv Narayan Sangha, Sri Sri Ramakrishna Vidya Mandir, Lakshmipur’s Sri Ravidas Bhakta Mandir, Sri Sri Durga Mandir adjacent to Bettiyapara Park Gate, Srirampur Shiv Mandir, Chandipur’s Kali Matar Mandir, Fire Brigade Morstha, Notun Sangha Puja Celebration Committee, Kadirganj’s Kali Matar Mandir, Rajarhat’s Kali Matar Mandir Puja Committee, Shiv Mandir Puja Committee, Hetmakhan Harijan Shiv Mandir Committee, Sheikhpara’s Sri Sri Durga Matar Milan Mandir, Rajshahi Dharma Sabha in Ganakpara, Sri Sri Gopinath Dev Vigraha Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Zero Point, Hanuman Jiur Akhra, Padma Sarvajanin Puja Committee in Ghoshpara, Kavirajbari Anandamayi Puja Temple in Kumarpara, Sanatan Dharma Sangha in Kumarpara, Kalimata Temple in Phudkipara, Vaishnav Sabha in Ganakpara, Sri Sri Lakshmi Narayan Dev Vigraha Temple in Malopara, Ranibazar Tiger Sangha, Ranibazar (Tarini Mitra’s Field) Tiger Puja Committee, Ranibazar Arrowhead Club, Lathial Mandap in Boalia Para, Ramakrishna Ashram, Navrup Puja Committee, Saheb Bazar Kalimata Temple, Kalpataru in front of Munnujan School in Phudkipara, Gitanjali in Phudkipara, Matrichaya in Kumarpara, Ambika Sangha, Kumarpara’s Ghoshpara Agnibina Sangha, Shasthitala’s Adi Kalisthan Durga Temple, Shasthitala’s Shiva Temple, Railgate Harijan Palli’s Sat Sangha Puja Celebration Committee, Malda Colony’s Karunamayee Sangha, Sapura’s Sri Sri Loknath Baba Temple, Omarpur Puja Committee, Naodapara’s Sri Sri Loknath Brahmachari Temple, Mathurdanga’s Pavapara’s Chartuvedi Sarvajanin Temple, Sujanagar’s Buddheshwar Temple, Reshampatti’s Diganta Sarvajanin Temple Committee, Beldarpara’s Swapna Kuthir, Sultanabad’s Devalaya Puja Committee, Boaliapara’s Karushree, Alkar More’s Rin Barada Mata Temple, Ghoramara’s Jora Shiva Temple, Alupatti’s Sarvajayi, Alupatti’s Cosmos Puja Committee, Ghoramara’s Lakshmi Narayan Temple-Panchu Mandal Akhara Temple, Utsvarg Sangha at the intersection of Boalia Police Station, Aradhana Puja Celebration Committee adjacent to Barapukur in front of Shah Makhdum College, Chandramani Sangha of Ghoramara Swarnakarpatti, Shivalaya Puja Committee of Sagarpara, Dev Mata Sangha of Sagarpara, Ma Janani Sangha of Sagarpara, Aranyak Puja Committee of Sagarpara, Ghoramara’s Promised Saradiya Durga Puja Committee, Mahamaya Sangha of Kumarapara, Meghdoot Sangha of Sagarpara, Barendra Group of Sagarpara, Radha Kanta Temple at Paradise Tower in Kumarapara, Acharyadham Puja Celebration Committee of Sagarpara, Sangha of Kumarpara, Let’s See Thakur Dekh, Niharika Puja Committee of Sekher Chowk, Ganga Mandir Puja Committee of Sekher Chowk, Parijat Sangha Puja Committee of Sekher Chowk, adjacent to Shah Makhdum College Trinayani Sangha Celebration Committee, Sekherchak Puja Celebration Committee, Bospara Sharad Sangha, Bospara Shankhachura Sarvajanin Puja Celebration Committee, Talaimari Kali Mata Temple, Ramchandrapur Kali Mata Temple, Padma Residential Puja Celebration Committee, Meherchandi Sri Sri Gopal Dev Thakur Temple, Kajla Sanatan Dharma Sangha, Dhanshmari Shiva Temple, Khojapur Sarvajanin Shiva and Kali Mata Temple, Mirzapur Hindu Maitri Sangha, Rajshahi University Harijan Quarter Shiv Mandir’s New Jagran Puja Committee.

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