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The territory medication has instructed antithetic authorities departments to enactment unneurotic to guarantee creaseless behaviour of the yearly Kalpathy chariot festival opening connected November 7.
District Collector M.S. Madhavikutty said that each section indispensable transportation retired its duties to guarantee that the festival goes disconnected without a hitch, particularly arsenic a immense fig of visitors are expected from each implicit the State.
The 10-day festival volition highest erstwhile the chariots of the 4 large temples commencement rolling on the streets of Kalpathy from November 14. Large crowds are expected connected November 14, 15 and 16. The convergence of chariots connected November 16 evening volition people the climax of the festival.
The deities from 4 temples, namely Sree Visalakshi Sametha Viswanatha Swamy Temple astatine Kalpathy, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple astatine Old Kalpathy, Mandakkarai Sree Maha Ganapathy Temple astatine New Kalpathy, and Sree Prasanna Maha Ganapathy Temple astatine Chathappuram, volition beryllium taken retired successful procession connected chariots during the festival’s past 3 days.
The police, who volition beryllium successful complaint of instrumentality and order, postulation regularisation and assemblage management, were asked to enactment successful capable volunteers and to hole an exigency evacuation plan.
The municipal authorities were advised to power the fig of commercialized shops portion giving licence. The municipality was advised to wide garbage each time and to cleanable up the Kalpathy stream slope up of the festival. The municipality is liable for roadworthy repairs, prevention of roadworthy encroachments, nutrient information and sanitation.
The Food Safety Department volition person to guarantee that the norms are being maintained. Fire and Rescue Services Department was asked to deploy a peculiar portion astatine Kalpathy connected the festival days.
The Health Department volition person to guarantee ambulance services and unfastened a power room. Kerala Water Authority was fixed work to repair each nationalist taps and to guarantee round-the-clock h2o proviso during the festival.
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) was asked to tighten escaped powerfulness cables and to assistance debased level cables successful specified a mode arsenic to facilitate the question of chariots.
The Animal Husbandry Department volition guarantee the fittingness of elephants utilized during the festival, portion the Social Forestry Division volition cheque if the rules for home elephant attraction are being followed.
The wide coordination of the festival is the work of the Revenue Department with the RDO arsenic the nodal serviceman and Palakkad Tahsildar arsenic adjunct nodal officer.
The festival organsing committee involving representatives of the 4 temples were asked to acceptable up surveillance cameras astatine assorted points and to alert the constabulary astir those chosen for pulling the chariots successful advance. The organisers volition person to put 3 ambulances isolated from that of the Health Department.
