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Close connected the heels of the golden pilferage astatine Sabarimala, this year’s pilgrimage play excessively has been thrown into full disarray by the authorities and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said.
He said connected Tuesday that the TDB and the authorities failed to put basal facilities for pilgrims and the indispensable preparations that needed to beryllium done astatine Sabarimala overmuch up of the pilgrimage.
Mr. Satheesan said the TDB president described the day’s concern successful Sabarimala arsenic alarming. Most pilgrims had to basal successful queue for 12 to 13 hours for darshan. Several pilgrims had to instrumentality disappointed, incapable to fulfil their pilgrimage. Many who someway got darshan were seemingly not capable to ascent the ineffable 18 steps.
With perfectly nary assemblage power strategy successful place, those who finished darshan were stranded astatine the nadapandal, incapable to determination out. Even the facilities for drinking h2o for pilgrims were not arranged. Adequate constabulary unit and different officials had not been deployed, helium said.
Mr. Satheesan said it was laughable that the authorities was blaming the exemplary codification of behaviour which came into effect conscionable a week agone for its nonaccomplishment to marque capable pre-pilgrimage preparations astatine Sabarimala erstwhile it should person been done galore months ago. It was the aforesaid “devious minds” which organised the Global Ayyappa Sangamam with governmental aims, successful the guise of Sabarimala development, who were liable for making a messiness of this season’s pilgrimage.
He said the authorities and the Devaswom Minister should astatine slightest travel guardant to instrumentality up the work for having enactment lakhs of Ayyappa pilgrims to distress. Former TDB president P.S. Prasanth should beryllium held accountable for the mode successful which the pilgrimage had been messed up.
Mr. Satheesan demanded urgent measures for assemblage power truthful that the pilgrimage could beryllium held smoothly. He besides urged the High Court’s involution arsenic the casual cognition of the authorities towards the behaviour of the pilgrimage had resulted successful the alarming authorities of affairs astatine Sabarimala successful the archetypal days of the pilgrimage itself.
“The scary concern created successful Sabarimala is simply a nonstop effect of the inefficiency of the government, which, on with the Devaswom Board, was engaged covering up the golden pilferage and redeeming the tegument of vested interests successful Sabarimala,” AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal said.
He said the alarming concern successful Sabarimala was the result of the government’s irresponsible and negligent attack towards the behaviour of the pilgrimage arsenic good arsenic the haste to support those present recovered liable for the golden pilferage astatine Sabarimala.
