As nine days of the auspicious Navratri festival begin, Gujarat is all set to host Garba programmes across the state with security, medical and crowd management arrangements in place. Authorities and Garba organisers in major cities are ensuring proper security deployment, especially for women as well as emergency management for the smooth conduct of these events.
The focus of this year’s Garba programmes will be on theme-based pavilions, crowd management, women’s safety, and sustainable use of resources.
The authorities have also arranged for trained medical personnel, emergency medical vans and other health facilities amid the rising concerns of cardiac arrests and heart attacks among participants.
How’s Vadodra Preparing for Garba 2023
Vadodara, which hosts some of the best Garba programmes, will be deploying a 22-personnel ‘She Team’ of Vadodara city police are set to disguise as Garba participants on the ground to ensure women’s safety.
“Our police personnel of the ‘She Team’ will be among the players to keep a watch on any likely incident of harassment of women. We had deployed the teams last year too, and there were no reported incidents,” Radhika Bharai, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mahila Cell, told the Indian Express.
Apart from this, Vadodara Garba pandals will have emergency exits to multiple makeshift hospitals at entry points and panels of doctors at the venue to attend to medical emergencies.
Ahmedabad
The Gujarat government has been organising the Navratri Festival in Ahmedabad since 2003 and this year, it will be held at the Gujarat University Ground. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel accompanied by a number of ministers and Ahmedabad Mayor Pratibha Jain.
The venue will also have attractions like theme pavilions, craft bazaars, food stalls, and themed gates like Anand Nagri, Bal Nagri, Sabarmati Ashram, Atal Bridge, and Dandiya Dwar.
Rajkot
In Rajkot, the PDU Government Hospital organised a CPR training workshop to deploy persons trained to perform CPR at the Garba venue.
According to Indian Express, some garba organisers have also tied up with private hospitals to keep their staff on standby at garba venues. A medical officer and two nurses will reportedly remain present at our garba venue with an ambulance and we have designed the revelry ground in such a way that the medical staff will be able to drive the ambulance right to the revelry ground.
The Modi Garba Song
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off Navratri celebrations on Sunday by releasing his new song titled Maadi. Sung by Divya Kumar and composed by Meet Bros, the prime minister revealed that he has penned the lyrics of the Garba song.
Sharing the new song on Twitter, now known as X, PM Modi wrote, “As the auspicious Navratri dawns upon us, I am delighted to share a Garba penned by me during the past week. Let the festive rhythms embrace everyone!
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