It was time to bid adieu to the goddess after five days of celebration.This year's festival was different, organised in a low-profile manner due to the Covid-19 induced pandemic.
On Dashami today all roads led to the river ghats with members of various Puja committees ferrying idols.
This year the idols were ferried to the river ghats on smaller vehicles. with a maximum of 15 members in the procession.
Immersions were carried out in as many as 12 ghats of two rivers, Subernarekha and Kharkai as early as 11 am. Maximum immersions took place in Subarnareka ghat at Sakchi followed by Domuhani and Pandey ghat at Bhuiyandih.
The East Singhbhum district administration was well prepared for peaceful immersions.
Officials of two civic bodies - Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee ( JNAC ) and Mango Notified Area Committee ( MNAC ) alongwith Jusco officials supervised the immersions in various ghats.
General secretary of Jamshedpur Durga Puja Kendriya Samiti ( JDPKS ) Ram Babu Singh alonwith other members of the apex body went around various river ghats.
"The immersions in all river ghats were peaceful . Around 300 puja committees immersed the idols in various ghats. Immersions continued till the evening, " he said.
Policemen also undertook patrolling and were deployed in sensitive pockets for preventing any untoward incidents.
The smaller idols of 4 feet, as per the guidelines of state government proved a blessing in disguise for localities like Mango, Jugsalai, Chhotagovindpur, Sundernagar, Adityapur, Ghorabandha and several other localities which has power supply from Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited ( JBVNL ).
None of those localities which falls under JBVNL had a power cut this year.
"As the idols were of smaller heights there was no risk of getting in contact with overhead high tension cables. Hence, there was no power cut. We ensured uninterrupted power supply, " said Sanjay Mahto, a JBVNL junior engineer posted in Mango division.
Every year on the day of Dashami residents of JBVNL command areas had to confront prolonged power cut from 2 pm till midnight for facilitating smooth immersions.
Earlier, in the day today some puja committes allowed Sindoor Khela while others did not due to the threat of the transmission of Covid -19.
House-wives in Telco, Kashidih, Sonari and Kadma participated in Sindoor Khela and were seen exchanging greetings of Bijoya Dashami.