Bhubaneswar: The risk of spread of Covid-19 has increased in the function of marriage with safety norms thrown into the wind by the participants and the alleged lack of enforcement.
The capital witnessed more than 500 wedding functions on Sundays and the same number scheduled for Monday.
Initially, when the norm of locking was relaxed after the first and second waves of the pandemic, there was an example when the police had imposed a fine and recorded people for violating Covid guidelines on marriage functions.
But when the third wave was soaring, people were not mood to reduce the celebration.
On one of the wedding procession, there are hard DJ music along with band party instruments such as dholak.
Men and women carrying colorful gas lights walk in the queue.
There is a display of fireworks too.
Relatives and friends from Bridegroom are all decorated.
All busy dancing and having fun.
One common thing is that no one wears a mask or maintains social distance.
“Over the past two years, we have lived in fear of Covid.
Despite taking precautions, the virus seizes many lives.
Now most people have been vaccinated and the infection rate is also low, so the fear is lacking.
Some have released their mask for a while.
In addition, the risk is very low now, “Jatin Mishra claims, who participated in the procession.
The state government has allowed marriage procession from September this year to a maximum of 250 guests permitted with tight compliance with Covid guidelines such as wearing masks and followed social distance.
The source said the wedding date ordered in December was similar to the pre-covid period but the marriage organizers did not maintain a close watch on the compliance of guidelines.
“We have asked the host to ensure that everyone must wear a mask and keep a distance but people do not follow the norms.
Fear of any action has also been lost because of the lack of monitoring by the police or authorities,” said Kamalakanta Das, ” Kamalakaanta said, the owner of the wedding hall.
Unlike the pre-covid period when the wedding function is limited to two-three days, people are doing them around a week due to restrictions on the number of guests.