new delhi delhi bjp chief adesh gupta on friday asked the delhi government to lift the ban on the celebration of chhath in ponds riverbanks and other public places in the national capital delhi government has banned community celebrations of chhath puja at ghats river banks temples and other public places as a precautionary measure to curb coronavirus spread all field officials have been instructed to ensure strict compliance of the ordersin a press conference gupta condemned the governments decision and said it has hurt the sentiments of the purvanchali community gupta said that every year the delhi government used to make complete arrangements for chhath but this year the government has banned the festival it was the responsibility of the kejriwal government to make all arrangements at chhath ghats in time so that people could celebrate the festival by following social distancing but the government did not do so gupta saidin a press conference gupta said that the delhi government has given permission to run dtc buses restaurants with markets malls full capacities but did not allow even the burning of green firecrackers in diwali and now it has banned chhath in public places chhath will be celebrated in delhi on november 20 and 21 every year thousands of people gather at various ponds along yamuna river banks and other places for celebrating the festival