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Poor attraction of Yatri Nivas, a budget-friendly accommodation for pilgrims visiting Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple successful Srirangam, has raised interest among the public.
The installation built astatine a outgo of ₹47 crore connected astir 6.40 acres of onshore connected Panchakarai Road successful Srirangam was enactment into usage successful 2015 by past Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. It has 4 dormitories, 95 rooms, 24 cottages, 9 shops and a restaurant.
According to sources, the installation has a capableness to accommodate astir 900 pilgrims. The tariff for the rooms successful the facility, which is being tally by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE), is considered to beryllium inexpensive successful the tourism industry. It continues to bask bully patronage among visitors arriving from antithetic parts of the state arsenic they tin get rooms ranging from ₹500 to ₹1,750.
But the pilgrims look inconvenience chiefly owed to mediocre maintenance. The accommodation that boasts of aesthetic look has suffered harm astatine assorted places. The pilgrims, who stayed successful the facility, have expressed dismay implicit the neglected authorities of rooms, dormitories and cottages. They kick of dampness successful the rooms with plasters and overgarment peeling off, and cracks connected the walls. They person besides flagged issues specified arsenic mould infestation and fungi.
“The rooms, cots, doors and toilets are successful a neglected state. Plasters and overgarment connected the walls person peeled off. We were allotted an aerial conditioned room. But, it was not successful moving condition. We were wholly disappointed,” says R. Venkatesan of Chennai, who stayed successful the installation a fewer days ago.
Another impermanent said the work was poor, which could beryllium owed to a shortage of unit members.
When contacted, Sivaramkumar, Joint Commissioner, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, told The Hindu that the installation continued to person bully patronage. The HR&CE and the Public Works Department had precocious carried retired a associated inspection to enactment down shortcomings. The PWD had prepared a connection to transportation retired repairs and attraction enactment astatine a outgo of ₹1.7 crore.
The HR&CE would person the connection shortly. Steps would beryllium taken to get the authorisation for the connection arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible, helium said.
