India, Oct. 23 -- New Delhi

Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday said that the government will withdraw cases filed against devotees during Chhath Puja in 2021 over law and order issues, and said that the festival will be celebrated on its grandest scale in the capital by erecting over 1,000 ghats across the city.

Speaking at the Delhi Secretariat, Gupta said 17 model ghats were being developed along the Yamuna, from Palla in the north to Kalindi Kunj in the south, each equipped with tents, toilets, drinking water facilities and lighting. Each district will have at least one model ghat, while cultural programmes in Bhojpuri and Maithili will be hosted at 200 ghats.

"The earlier government imposed restrictions on people's faith, but ...