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Crop losses prompt Odisha CM to skip Durga Puja pandal visits

Bhubaneswar, Oct 19 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will skip Durga Puja pandal visits this year in solidarity with farmers who have suffered extensive crop losses due to incessant rain and floods across several districts of Odisha.
Majhi has decided to observe the festival in a subdued manner in view of the widespread damage caused by the natural calamities. He is particularly saddened by the losses suffered by the farming community, according to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office.
Durga Puja celebrations are underway across Odisha, with elaborately decorated pandals, colourful illumination and traditional rituals drawing devotees in large numbers. The beats of drums, aroma of incense, fragrance of flowers and chanting of ‘shlokas’ reverberates the air as people from all walks of life attired in their best hop puja pandals to pay obeisance to Maa Durgey.
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