RAJSHAHI, Aug 10, 2019 (BSS)- Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district
administration and all other organisations concerned have chalked out
elaborate programmes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha in the city with due
fervor and enthusiasm.
The main Eid-jamaat will be held at Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan at 8
am. However, subject to inclement weather, the ever biggest Eid congregation
here will be held at Darga Mosque.
The second and third largest congregations will be held at Tikapara Eidgah
Maidan and Shaheb Bazar Zero Point at 8.15 am and 8.30 am respectively.
The other Eid-jamaats will be held at Rajshahi University, Rajshahi
University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi Court Eidgah, Rajshahi
Stadium, Shalbagan Eidgah, New Market Jame Mosque, Police Line Math,
Upashahar Eidgah Maidan and Rajarhata Jame Mosque.
Over 150 Eid-ul-Azha jamaats are scheduled to be held at the traditional
and temporary venues in the Rajshahi metropolis under the supervision of the
respective Eid jamaat committees.
To make the city’s Eid congregations a success, Rajshahi City Corporation
(RCC) is extending necessary cooperation for making arrangements of about 100
Eid jamaat’s decoration.
The city corporation will decorate the entire city roads and islands with
national flags and banners inscribed with “Eid-Mubarak” in Bangla and Arabic.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police and RAB have taken all-out security measures for
peaceful celebration of Eid-ul-Azha.
Marking the celebration, special diets will be served to the inmates of
different hospitals, jails and Government Shishu Sadan.
In the Eid day, RCC has selected 210 spots for slaughtering sacrificial
animals in 30 Wards of the city.
The city corporation authority urged the city dwellers to use only the
selected places for the purposes in the greater interest of making the
metropolis along with its air and water free from pollution and other
contamination.
The RCC is determined to safe removal of sacrificial animals waste within
12 hours from the city and it has adopted massive measures to this end. Eid
holiday of all the officers and staff of conservancy section has been
cancelled, said Chief Executive Officer of RCC Shawgatul Alam.