Five-day Durga Puja festivities came to an end on Friday with the immersion of idols passing off peacefully.

Of the 350-odd immersions scheduled for the day, over 100 Durga idols were immersed in various river ghats till 4 pm.

Apart from police, Rapid Action Force ( RPF) and personnel from the district unit of Civil Defence and urban civic bodies were also deployed to monitor the immersions.

Officials of Jamshedpur Durga Puja Kendriya Samiti (JDPKS ), the apex body which monitors Puja in the steel city, were also present at the river ghats.

" Immersion is taking place peacefully in all the designated river ghats. Elaborate security arrangements were put in place by the East Singhbhum district administration to ensure security and maintain peace during the immersion, " said Ram Babu Singh, the general secretary of JDPKS.

Subernarekha Ghat at Sakchi witnesses the maximum number of immersions followed by Pandey Ghat at Bhuiyandih , Domuhani Ghat at Sonari, Kapali Ghat also in Sonari , Dimna Ghat at Mango, Bodhanwala Ghat at Bistupur , Sati Ghat at Kadma and Baroda Ghat at Bagbera.

Before the immersions, women took part in the ‘Sindoor Khela’ ritual, smearing vermilion on each other in various Puja pandals in Sonari, Kadma, Sakchi, Bistupur, Telco and elsewhere.

Women offered sweets and prayers to the goddess while the young swayed merrily to the rhythmic beats of the dhak (drums). People were seen exchanging greetings on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami.

Dhalbhum sub-divisional officer (SDO) Sandeep Kumar Meena said the administration had mobilised magistrates and deployed police to escort the processions to ensure that immersions were completed at the earliest.

He said they had deployed divers for any emergency. District civil surgeon A. K. Lal also deputed medical teams at major ghats. Watch towers manned by police and district administration were also constructed at Sakchi and Subernarekha river ghat .

Power supply in non-Tata Steel command areas like Mango, Jugsalai, Birsanagar, Baridih, Shastrinagar and Sonari areas was interrupted for the second consecutive year.

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited ( JBVNL) usually cuts power on the day of immersion from 1 pm till late night in view of the processions. This is done as a precautionary measure to prevent accidents because of overhead wires that fall on the immersion route.

But, because of a five-feet restriction on idol height, JBVNL decided to provide uninterrupted power supply on immersion day.