Clicking selfie with Ma Durga may be banned in Kolkata

Selfie is the in-thing today but, when everyone wants to click selfies in front of Ma Durga, it creates unwanted rush. Therefore, based on previous year's experience, the Kolkata Police are contemplating banning of selfies in the venues.
The culprits are mainly the youngsters because they strike poses before the Durga idol or the pandal in order to win the admiration and appreciation among friends and peers. However, Kolkata police is advising the organizers that they need to stop pandal hoppers from taking selfies. Alternatively, they can consider setting up selfie zones at a place where it does not infringe on the free movement of the crowd.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 10 September 2016.

As indicated by the police, selfies have emerged as a major stumbling block last year with the young pandal hoppers insisting on clicking pictures from vantage points. That led to blocking of the entry and exit apart from a security dilemma. Organizers have now been asked to install boards warning against such activity and, the police positioned near the pandal will appeal to revelers not to block movement by trying to click selfies.
Incidentally, clicking selfies with the deity has acquired endemic proportion. During last Durga Puja one of the big ticket pujas in Babubagan in Dhakuria, had to put up signboards at the entrance of the pandal barring visitors from click selfies. Mohammed Ali Park, another famous puja in central Kolkata, created a separate selfie zone to divert the selfie snapping brigade from the pandal and prevent congestion inside to ensure smooth flow of visitors.


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