The Calcutta High Court today directed the community Durga Puja organisers in the state to spend 75 percent of the Rs 50,000 grant given by the West Bengal government on the procurement of COVID protection equipment and the rest on strengthening public-policing bonding.<br />''<br />''A division bench comprising justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee directed that the money given by the state to the Durga Puja committees cannot be for any other purpose, and purchase bills have to be submitted to the authorities for audit.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced on September 24 grant of Rs 50,000  for each of the 36,946 Durga Puja committees in the state.</span><br />