West Bengal issues SOPs for Durga Puja 2020; travellers will miss mega festival's usual sheen

Durga Puja, owing to COVID-19, will not be held with much pomp and show in West Bengal this year. As per the latest notification issued by the state government, all Durga Puja committees have been asked to follow necessary COVID-19 safety protocols, and also set up open pandals where visitors without masks will not be allowed to enter. The notification was issued just a few days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced safety guidelines for puja committees.

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