Bhubaneswar: The vehicular traffic in the state capital will be stopped for two minutes in the evening on Wednesday for a two-minute silent prayer for the COVID warriors who have laid down their lives in the fight against the disease.
In a tweet, the Bhubaneswar commissionerate police said that the traffic in the city will
stop from 6 pm to 6.02 pm to facilitate the people to offer silent prayer. It will be followed by an oath-taking programme to be administered by chief minister Naveen Patnaik to strictly follow the guidelines of COVID-19 and not let the sacrifices of the corona warriors go in vain.
Traffic will stop from 6PM to 6:02PM today for facilitating people to offer one minute silent prayer for fallen Corona Warriors followed by oath taking to join the fight against COVID-19 & not let the sacrifices of our Corona Warriors go in vain. Kindly join us.@SarangiSudhansu
— COMMISSIONERATE POLICE (@cpbbsrctc) August 5, 2020
Notably, the chief minister had on Tuesday requested the people of the state to observe a one-minute silent prayer.
“I appeal to my 4.5 crore sisters and brothers of Odisha to join this silent prayer at 6 pm tomorrow at your homes or any place for the COVID Warriors. This will be followed by an oath-taking that will remind all of us to act responsibly and strictly follow the COVID guidelines to keep ourselves and our families safe. I will administer you the oath on the TV and social media,” the Chief Minister said.
