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The Pongala festival was held peacefully connected Tuesday with nary large untoward incidents reported.
Among the fewer occurrence mishaps that were recorded, 1 devotee suffered 12% burns aft her saree caught occurrence from the hearth lit for the ritual astatine Chakka. The injured, Sandhya, a autochthonal of Kilimanoor, was subsequently admitted to the Thiruvananthapuam Government Medical College Hospital. Other fire-related emergencies were reported from Vanchiyoor, Bakery junction and the Housing Board junction.
The Kerala Fire and Rescue Services besides received astir 40 incidental calls, mostly related to devotees processing uneasiness owed to the aggravated heat.
Nearly 450 Fire and Rescue Services personnel, location guards and civilian defence volunteers had been deployed crossed 5 sectors arsenic portion of the arrangements. Three h2o tenders, a mini-water tender, ambulances, a foam tender, h2o lorries, h2o mists and different vehicles were stationed astatine assorted locations successful the city.
A parked car was gutted aft it caught fire, reportedly sparked by flames from a adjacent heap of garbage connected the premises of the PWD Rest House.
Three cases of chain-snatching were besides reported from parts of city, but nary ceremonial complaints were received by the City police.
The State authorities deployed astir 5,000 constabulary personnel, including women officers, crossed 4 zones for the information of the devotees. Drone surveillance, a robust web of CCTV cameras and 5 ticker towers had besides been acceptable up for assemblage control.
In summation to a main power country that functioned from the temple compound, a dedicated women’s power country was besides operationalised to supply assistance to women devotees. Public announcement systems besides functioned astatine assorted locations to disseminate information instructions and real-time accusation to the public.
Throughout the day, astir arterial roads, barring those starring to Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, remained wide arsenic the constabulary efficaciously regulated postulation to guarantee creaseless vehicular movement.
