Some of the committees cancelled all cultural programmes scheduled for the day.
Jamshedpur:
Over 300 group Durga Puja committees in Jamshedpur kept away from taking part in music and cancelled cultural programmes on Thursday as a mark of respect to Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Naval Tata, who died in a Mumbai hospital a day in the past.
A senior functionary of the Central Durga Puja Committee of town stated a number of the organisers have additionally put up Tata’s {photograph} beside the marquees.
“We have appealed to all of the group puja committees to watch the pageant in a easy method and urged them to not play any music, barring obligatory devices like ‘dhak’ (drum) and so forth, to pay respect to Ratan Tata,” General Secretary of the Central Puja Committee, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, instructed PTI.
Altogether 332 group puja committees affiliated to the Central Committee unanimously agreed to the decision and stopped taking part in music, besides these associated to the puja. Some of them even cancelled all cultural programmes scheduled for the day, Singh stated.
Tata, who died on the age of 86 years, had immense contribution to the event of town in addition to its industries, commerce and companies, Mr Singh added.
Meanwhile, Jamshedpur Football Club additionally paid tribute to Tata earlier than the gamers resumed observe after a four-day break.
The workforce noticed a second of silence in reminiscence of Tata, whose legacy has drastically influenced the membership and the group, the membership stated in an announcement.