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Not aware of administration’s directives on idol immersion, say devotees

| Friday | 21st September, 2018

We should have been informed beforehand,” said Sandeep, a devotee.Many devotees were seen carrying huge idols of Lord Ganesha for immersion. We had already reached here and our elders refused to go to Jhulelal park. The two policemen deployed there were seen trying to convince them to take the idols to Jhulelal Park in vain.“We did not know that the immersion had to be done near Jhulelal park. LUCKNOW: The district administration has designated Gomti bank near Jhulelal Park for immersion of Lord Ganesha’s idols but people were seen immersing them at other ghats on Thursday.Around 4pm, four groups of devotees were seen immersing idols at Kudia Ghat. We came to immerse idol at Kudia Ghat but a constable here told us about it.

LUCKNOW: The district administration has designated Gomti bank near Jhulelal Park for immersion of Lord Ganesha’s idols but people were seen immersing them at other ghats on Thursday.Around 4pm, four groups of devotees were seen immersing idols at Kudia Ghat. The two policemen deployed there were seen trying to convince them to take the idols to Jhulelal Park in vain.“We did not know that the immersion had to be done near Jhulelal park. We came to immerse idol at Kudia Ghat but a constable here told us about it. We had already reached here and our elders refused to go to Jhulelal park. We should have been informed beforehand,” said Sandeep, a devotee.Many devotees were seen carrying huge idols of Lord Ganesha for immersion. When told that the immersion of idols had to done at Jhulelal park ghat, they said that they did not know about any such directive.Many devotees were seen immersing idols at Shaheed Smarak ghat.“ Ganesh ji ke visarjan ke liye hamein kisi se poochhna nahi hai,” said Pawan Kumar a devotee.ADM trans-Gomti Anil Kumar said, “We had designated Jhulelal park for immersion and had deployed police. We cannot use force on devotees.”Bodies of 3 devotees fished out: Bodies of three youths and an unidentified man were fished out from Gomti river in Khadra locality of Hasanganj. Three youths had drowned during immersion of Lord Ganesha’s idol at Dhobi Gaht on September 19.SHO Hasanganj Amber Singh said that bodies of Rahul (21), Raja (20) and Narendra (18), all of Khadra, were recovered from Gomti. Body of an unidentified man was also recovered.

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