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As the discarding of apparel successful the Tamirabharani by the devotees offering prayers astatine Sri Papanasa Swami Temple is inactive continuing unabated to earnestly pollute the perennial stream and lifeline of 4 confederate districts, District Collector R. Sukumar inspected the ongoing removal of discarded apparel from the stream connected Monday.
As the devotees taking dip successful the Tamirabharani flowing successful beforehand of Papanasa Swami Temple arsenic the stream touches the crushed from the Western Ghats judge that their sins would beryllium washed distant if they discarded their apparel successful the stream itself aft the bath, tonnes of discarded dresses are earnestly polluting the stream and the 236 infiltration wells sunk on the Tamirabharani watercourse from Papanasam to Punnakayal.
“My gramps would instrumentality america from his location adjacent Vickramasingapuram successful the aboriginal greeting to instrumentality bath successful the Tamirabharani flowing successful beforehand of the Papansa Swami Temple. No 1 would discard the apparel past and this signifier of leaving the apparel successful the stream started lone 25 years agone aft immoderate devotees did the aforesaid happening successful Rameswaram and Kanniyakumari,” recalls 43-year-old Rajamanickam of Tirunelveli Town.
Even though alloy mesh baskets person been kept adjacent the river, the devotees proceed to discard their apparel lone successful the stream aft bathing successful the Tamirabharani. Hence, the Papanasa Swami Temple administration, Vickramasingapuram municipality unit and the volunteers region a fewer 100 kilograms of discarded apparel from the stream everyday. However, the quantity of apparel being discarded successful the stream overwhelms the cleaning measures to make nauseating conditions on the river.
Hence, the Collector, accompanied by Superintendent of Police V. Prassannakumar and Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi, Ayush Gupta visited the ‘pollution point’ adjacent Papanasa Swami Temple to inspect the postulation of discarded apparel and the ashes urns being thrown distant determination by the nationalist aft performing the post-cremation rituals.
“Instead of discarding apparel successful the river, the devotees should decently enactment it successful the alloy mesh baskets kept determination lone for this purpose. We’re slapping good connected those who discard apparel successful the stream aft taking bath. We entreaty to the visitors to assistance america support the stream clean’,” said Mr. Sukumar.
