Overview

• State authorities confirmed special meals for Saptami through Dashami across correctional homes, running Monday to Thursday.
• Menus include biryani and Chinese cuisine alongside day-wise dishes such as fish with rice, chicken curry, khichuri with labra, shrimp curry, chicken biryani, rohu, fried rice and chilli chicken.
• Breakfasts feature chowmein and egg toast, with vegetarian options such as veg biryani, paneer, curd, ice cream and sweets available throughout the four days.
• Puja observances are underway inside facilities, and at Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home inmates created a pavilion on the theme of unity and diversity, according to sources.
• At Balurghat Central Correctional Home inmates are funding and organizing the celebrations, crafting the idol and staging cultural programs, the superintendent said.