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The Mugappu Mandapam astatine Samayapuram Arulmigu Mariamman temple adjacent Tiruchi was demolished connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY
Demolition of a reinforced cement factual mandapam successful beforehand of the rajagopuram of the Mariamman temple astatine Samayapuram adjacent Tiruchi began connected Wednesday.
The demolition enactment is being executed successful the beingness of Revenue, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Police, Health, Fire and Rescue Services and Public Works section officials too those from the Town Panchayat. Police sources said the enactment began successful the morning.
The enactment of demolishing the agelong operation would instrumentality astir 15 days. The territory medication has advised the wide nationalist residing adjacent and devotees to desist from going adjacent the damaged mandapam keeping successful caput their ain information successful presumption of the demolition work.
The demolition of the mandapam connected the Sannithi veethi astatine Samayapuram comes successful the aftermath of a tragic incidental wherein a 32-year-old pistillate died and 2 different devotees, including a girl, were injured aft a spot of reinforced cement factual from the ceiling fell connected them erstwhile they were accelerated dormant successful the mandapam.
The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours connected March 29 with the Samayapuram constabulary registering a lawsuit then. The shopkeepers who had enactment up a enactment of stalls wrong the mandapam were asked to vacate pursuing the incidental and devotees were barred from proceeding done it to the temple. A caution committee was kept astatine the entranceway of the mandapam.
