Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, on November 19 appealed to people to celebrate Chhath Puja at their homes in wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the national capital.
He said, "We want our brothers and sisters to celebrate Chhath Puja very nicely.
Please celebrate but if 200 people enter into a pond at a time, and even if just one of them has COVID-19, all of them will contract the infection.
This is also the opinion of experts." "You can imagine that COVID-19 will be spread on a large scale.
So, celebrations are not banned.
What is banned is the entering of a large number of people in a pond or river at once.
Let's celebrate at homes," he added.
