Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today reviewed the preparatory work for the upcoming Snana Jatra and Ratha Jatra of Lord Jagannath at Puri Srimandir.

Attending the meeting, the Chief Secretary, DGP and Director of Intelligence briefed the CM on arrangements being made for two mega events in Puri scheduled on June 22 and July 7 respectively.

"We informed the CM about the preparation and process for the Snana Jatra and Ratha Jatra of Mahaprabhu Jagannath. We will discuss with the servitors in subsequent period for the smooth conduct of Ratha Jatra," said the newly appointed Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan, stressing, "The government is committed to hold all rituals of Lord Jagannath in an organised manner."

On huge crowd at Srimandir after opening of all four gates of the temple for devotees, he said, "the temple was crowded due to holiday. There is a need to execute process in a proper manner. However, the crowd is under control from today. Arrangements have been made for smooth darshan of deities in upcoming days. Everything will be all right by the grace of Lord Jagannath."

Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena also attributed the heavy rush at the Jagannath Temple in Puri to Raja festival holiday.

"We have made arrangements to make darshan in a disciplined way inside Srimandir. We have deployed eight more platoons of forces at the temple. The ADG (law and order) himself is present at the temple to control the crowd. The Director of Intelligence will also visit the temple to monitor the crowding situation at the temple. The holidays for Raja festival caused the largest influx to the temple. Compared to yesterday, today's darshan at the temple was more organised," Jena told media persons.