Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has announced that all the religious places in the district will remain out of bounds for devotees from January 9 in view of the rising cases of Covid-19.
Temples, mosques, and churches will remain closed till January 31. However, rituals can be conducted while strictly adhering to the COVID-19 precautionary measures.
“We want to minimise non-essential activities to contain the spread of the infection. So, we have decided to close all the places of worship,” said BeMC Commissioner, Siddheswar Baliram Bonder.
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