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As portion of its efforts to heighten facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has decided to connection accepted Kerala sadya (feast) arsenic portion of the escaped repast programme astatine the elevation temple.
TDB president K. Jayakumar said the sadya would beryllium served astatine the Annadanam counter, with the caller paper expected to beryllium rolled retired wrong the adjacent mates of days. Funding would not beryllium a challenge, helium noted, arsenic devotees had been contributing generously towards Annadanam. The committee had besides resolved to statesman discussions to instrumentality respective improvement projects outlined successful the temple’s maestro plan.
Meanwhile, a caller constabulary squad connected Tuesday took complaint of information and assemblage absorption astatine Sabarimala. The 2nd batch consists of 1,543 personnel, including an Assistant Special Officer, 10 Deputy Superintendents of Police and 34 Circle Inspectors.
The Food Safety department’s peculiar squads, which person carried retired 350 inspections crossed eateries serving pilgrims, issued rectification notices to 60 units wherever deficiencies were found. A full of 292 nutrient samples were collected and sent for testing. The section had besides conducted 8 consciousness sessions for nutrient concern operators and 2 licence-registration camps.
An authoritative connection said inspections were nether mode astatine cardinal points with precocious pilgrim footfall. A peculiar squad had been constituted exclusively for the Mandalam play to coordinate these operations. Round-the-clock nutrient information squads had been deployed astatine the Sannidhanam, Pampa, Nilackal, and Erumely.
To guarantee the prime and information of appam and aravana, cardinal offerings astatine the elevation shrine, a laboratory had been acceptable up astatine the Sannidhanam for continuous testing. Raw materials utilized successful their mentation were being checked astatine the Pampa lab. At Nilackal and Erumely, mobile units were conducting inspections and investigating collected samples.
Food items were besides being examined astatine the recently opened territory nutrient information laboratory successful Pathanamthitta, with elaborate investigation carried retired astatine the Thiruvananthapuram lab.
