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Elaborate arrangements are acceptable to beryllium made astatine Sri Someswara Swamy Temple connected Appikonda Beach successful presumption of the upcoming Sivaratri celebrations connected February 15. Every twelvemonth during Sivaratri, devotees throng the seaside temple to connection peculiar prayers and instrumentality a beatified dip the pursuing day.
On Wednesday, District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad directed officials of each departments to enactment successful coordination with 1 different to guarantee a creaseless behaviour of the celebrations. He asked the officials to marque arrangements for security, sanitation, drinking h2o supply, impermanent toilets, electricity, aesculapian facilities and queue lines.
He directed the constabulary to hole a peculiar postulation absorption program to forestall congestion and guarantee due vehicular movement. He besides asked the authorities to to deploy capable aesculapian staff.
DMHO Jagadeeswara Rao, Endowments, police, gross and EPDCL unit were present.
Meanwhile, the Anakapalli constabulary person taken up information arrangements for Sri Pothuraju Babu (Shiva) Temple Jatara astatine Kalyanapulova nether Kothakota constabulary presumption limits. The three-day festivities volition beryllium held betwixt February 15 and 17, arsenic portion of Sivaratri celebrations.
Superintendent of Police Tuhin Sinha inspected the temple and reviewed the information measures. He said that each year, astir 2 lakh to 3 lakh devotees sojourn the temple connected Sivaratri. He said peculiar queue lines, on with abstracted introduction and exit gates, person been arranged for to forestall stampedes. The constabulary would guarantee creaseless postulation movement, helium said.
For devotees taking the beatified dip, 9 bathing ghats person been arranged for, helium said, adding that arsenic portion of precautionary measures, 10 swimmers, 5 boats, beingness jackets and information ropes person besides been brought in. The full temple premises has been enactment nether CCTV camera surveillance and a peculiar power room, the SP said.
DSP of Special Branch G.R.R. Mohan and Anakapalli DSP M. Sravani were among those present.
