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Ahead of the jallikattu events to beryllium held successful Madurai territory arsenic portion of the Pongal festival, 15,047 bull owners and 5,234 bull tamers person registered online to enactment astatine Avaniyapuram, Palamedu and Alanganallur.
The Avanyiapuram jallikattu volition instrumentality spot connected January 15, Palamedu connected January 16, and the celebrated Alanganallur lawsuit volition beryllium held connected January 17.
To prime bulls and bull tamers for information successful these 3 jallikattu competitions, applications were received online starting earlier this week.
Last year, a full of 12,632 bulls were registered connected the website, with 2,026 bull registrations for Avaniyapuram, 4,820 for Palamedu, and 5,786 for Alanganallur jallikattu events.
However, this year, a full of 15,047 bulls person been registered connected the website, with 3,090 bulls for Avaniyapuram, 5,747 for Palamedu, and 6,210 for Alanganallur. Compared to past year, 2,415 further bulls person been registered successful the existent year, said officials.
Similarly, past year, a full of 4,499 bull tamers registered connected the website, with 1,735 bull tamers for Avaniapuram, 1,914 for Palamedu, and 850 for Alanganallur.
With an summation this year, a full of 5,234 bull tamers person registered connected the website, with 1,849 bull tamers for Avaniyapuram village, 1,913 for Palamedu village, and 1,472 for Alanganallur village. Compared to past year, 735 further bull tamers person registered successful the existent year.
The District Administration has released an announcement stating that committees comprising officials from the Revenue, Animal Husbandry and Health (medical) departments person been appointed to scrutinize the eligibility of the bulls and bull tamers registered via the website.
Following the scrutiny by these committees, arrangements person been made for eligible bulls and bull tamers to download tokens via the website, they added.
Also, those bull owners and bull tamers registered online volition beryllium selected based connected eligibility and an online token with a QR codification which volition beryllium sent via email oregon SMS, which indispensable beryllium downloaded and shown earlier being permitted to participate during the competition.
In bid to forestall irregularities, lone bull tamers and bulls who person downloaded the token with a QR codification volition beryllium permitted to enactment successful the jallikattu sport.
Similarly, a informing has been issued that if it is recovered that bull owners oregon bull tamers usage fake tokens during the competitions held astatine the 3 locations, strict enactment volition beryllium taken against them.
