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The Telangana authorities is gearing up for the Sammakka-Sarakka (Saralamma) Medaram Maha Jatara, scheduled from January 28 to 31, anticipating a footfall of astir 3 crore devotees. Officials person been directed to enactment successful adjacent coordination to guarantee seamless arrangements and debar inconvenience to pilgrims.
At a high-level reappraisal gathering held astatine Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Secretariat connected Tuesday, Minister for SC and ST Welfare Adluri Laxman Kumar said the turnout this twelvemonth is expected to surpass the 1.5 crore devotees who attended the 2024 Jatara, owing to large-scale preparations. He directed the officials to guarantee that determination are nary lapses successful arrangements, reflecting businesslike governance and respect for tribal traditions.
The Minister stated that the authorities has accorded apical precedence to the event, allocating funds for roads, security, transport, sanitation, and healthcare facilities. He instructed officials to instal wide signage connected highways and interior routes, fortify postulation regulation, and instrumentality diversions and one-way systems to easiness congestion.
With devotees expected from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and different States, officials were told to grow transport, parking, and accommodation facilities, ensuring adjacent entree for each pilgrims.
Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) stressed the request for creaseless darshan for each devotee and said a State-level WhatsApp coordination radical involving departmental heads volition beryllium formed for real-time monitoring. Additional toilets, drinking h2o points, and information measures volition beryllium acceptable up crossed the festival area.
The medication is preparing for a highest footfall of up to 40 lakh devotees per day, peculiarly connected Thursday and Friday. Seethakka noted that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who has been visiting Medaram since 2010, has sanctioned ₹251 crore funds for semipermanent improvement of the region.
Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao suggested utilizing drones for postulation monitoring, processing a mobile app oregon QR codification strategy for disseminating information, and maintaining strict sanitation standards astatine parking areas. Departments were asked to taxable regular advancement reports.
During the meeting, Mulugu District Collector T.S. Divakara presented a elaborate advancement report. The ministers and Chief Secretary besides unveiled a peculiar logo, mobile app, and promotional videos prepared by the territory medication for the Jatara.
