lucknow chairing a highlevel meeting on saturday chief minister yogi adityanath issued directions to make all necessary arrangements for chhath mahaparva to be celebrated on october 30 and 31 chhath is a revered festival of faith observed ritualistically in eastern uttar pradesh and bihar it should be our endeavour to extend and facilitate the observances to every fasting devotee this year with the message of clean and safe chhath all arrangements should be made as per the needs of the people the cm said in the meeting the cm advised officials to adopt a systematic approach to make the arrangements such as cleanliness security adequate lighting parking mobile toilets and drinking water on the ghats he also said that officials should be mindful of the local requirements with regard to the tradition of offering arghya to the rising and setting sun the cm directed that adequate lighting around the river ghats and uninterrupted power supply must be made yogi also directed officials to mark the safe areas vis vis the depth of the river as people enter the river for the rituals besides the cm said that disaster response teams must be deputed to handle any kind of emergencies on the ghats reminding the risks that have come up with change in season the cm directed officials to deploy health teams and ambulances on the ghats there should be a system for testing dengue fever and various waterborne diseases the women observing the fast stand for a long time in cold water in such a situation proper first aid arrangements should be made to deal with any emergency situation the cm told officials for the security the cm said that women constables and officers must be deployed near the worship area in addition to the regular deployment of cops in civil dress for crowd management yogi said that a public address system should be placed at every major junction on the chhath puja ground he also said that help desks must be set up to facilitate people who get separated from their families in the crowd special attention should be paid to traffic management and parking at these puja ghats in wake of the tradition of fireworks during chhath puja the cm said that fire safety measures must be ensured the cm also directed transport department officials to make arrangements for extra buses so that people may travel to their home districts for the puja