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Extensive arrangements person been made for the January 14 Makaravilakku festival astatine the Sabarimala Temple, the State authorities and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) said present connected Wednesday.
Minister for Devaswom V.N. Vasavan said the authorities and the TDB person worked arsenic a squad to guarantee that the festival is conducted smoothly and that the devotees bash not look hardships. Arrangements for the devotees and information measures are successful place, the Minister said.
The Transport Department has announced that the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) volition run 900 buses to ferry devotees to Pampa during the festival, Mr. Vasavan said.
TDB president K. Jayakumar said steps person been taken to curb the clandestine ‘trade’ successful passes and rooms that becomes rampant during Makaravilakku. Excluding those acceptable speech for donors and authorities use, each rooms volition beryllium pooled and beryllium allotted done an online booking strategy from January 10.
Devotees volition person to nutrient impervious of recognition for their stay, Mr. Jayakumar said. Steps person besides been taken to curb the amerciable merchantability of passes issued for viewing Makaravilakku, helium said. “We cannot disregard specified trends arsenic they origin hardships to the devotees and make a atrocious sanction for Sabarimala,” Mr. Jayakumar said.
The authorities has besides instrumentality steps to deploy further constabulary unit and volunteers this year, according to Mr. Vasavan.
