Cuttack: The rituals of Panchaka was held at the Dhabaleswar Shrine in Athagarh of Cuttack district on Friday without participation of devotees.
The district administration has imposed Section 144 at the shrine after technical experts from Kolkata and Mumbai declared the suspension bridge over the river Mahanadi unsafe.
Around 10 platoons of police force, six SDPOs, and 12 Inspectors have been deployed at the shrine.
The suspension bridge connects the Dhabaleswar shrine which is on an island inside the river Mahanadi with the mainland.
The Cuttack district administration pulled up its socks after the suspension bridge collapsed at Morbi over the Machhu river in Gujarat on Sunday in which at least 141 people were killed.
