The West Bengal government wants to avoid more coronavirus infections due to crowding of people during Rath Yatra. (PTI File photo of Puri Rath Yatra) The West Bengal government announced a holiday on Rath Yatra this year for state government offices for the first time this year. DK Mahapatra, EO Special Secretary, Finance Department, issued a memorandum in which he said that the official holiday on the auspicious festival of Rath Yatra will be celebrated on June 23, 2020.
