India, Nov. 11 -- The Delhi government has ramped up preparations for Chhath Puja, which will be celebrated from November 13 to 16, and is set to make available 1,482 sites, including temporary water bodies, for the public to use for the rituals, said officials, adding that the Delhi assembly speaker and key functionaries oversaw the preparations at multiple sites on Wednesday.

The chief minister's office said that the government has developed a new Chhath ghat along the Munak Canal, which will run for around 11km - terming it the "longest Chhath Ghat in the national capital" and "first of its kind in the country" to be developed along a canal. The ghat will be inaugurated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on...