Huge Festival Allowed For Bengal By Court Despite Covid Surge
NDTV
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual religious festival, which begins tomorrow on an island where the Ganga enters the Bay of Bengal.
The Calcutta High Court today rejected a bid to cancel Bengal's Ganga Sagar Mela despite fears the vast gathering could spread coronavirus infections as the country sees an Omicron-driven surge in cases.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual religious festival, which begins tomorrow on an island where the Ganga enters the Bay of Bengal.
It marks the harvest season and will continue till the next weekend ahead of the new moon on January 17.
Kolkata-based doctor Avinandan Mondal sought a court order to ban the festival over coronavirus concerns, with infection rates surging in a country that saw a deadly wave last year.
