In Bihar, people will celebrate New Year amid strict COVID-19 precautionary guidelines. Magistrates and security personnel have been deployed at several public places, parks and important places across the State to ensure compliance of COVID safety measures.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports, on the New Year prominent tourist destinations of Bihar including Sanjay Gandhi Biological park of Patna, Valmiki Nagar Tigers reserve (VTR) in West Champaran, Mahabodhi temple of Bodhgaya, Vishnupada Temple of Gaya, and tourist sites of Rajgir like Ghora Katora, Pandu Pokhar will remain open.<br />''<br />''Tour operators and hotel owners have come up with lucrative offers for New Years revellers. Public parks and picnic hotspots have been sanitized in view of social gatherings. Several people throng at temples for worship, so special arrangements are made by authorities for crowd management.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Authorities have asked people to maintain social distance and use face masks during celebrations. In the hotels a maximum of 50 per cent of the hall capacity is allowed in closed spaces for parties and New Year bash.</span><br />