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Power outage connected the 14-km Girivalam Path adjacent Arunachaleswarar temple successful Tiruvannamalai municipality during nighttime for the past fewer days has irked devotees, particularly women and elder citizens, due to the fearfulness of chaotic animals. The way is located on reserve forests (RF).
Residents said that astir of the devotees screen the full region of the way for worship. Many devotees similar to locomotion during night, during the summer. “Power outages connected the way person been a communal occurrence. Devotees were enactment to hardship by walking connected the agelong successful the dark. A imperishable solution should beryllium taken to forestall specified powerfulness outages connected the girivalam path,” said B. Ramesh, a resident.
Residents said that the way betwixt Yama Lingam and Theetha Lingam, a region of astir 2 km, witnessed an unscheduled powerfulness chopped successful the aboriginal hours of Monday. The abrupt powerfulness chopped has made the way risky for devotees.
At present, the municipality witnesses 1 lakh visitors during weekdays. The footfall doubles during weekends and holidays. On Chitra Pournami, astir 25 lakh devotees sojourn the temple. The Arunachaleswarar temple is maintained by HR&CE and Girivalam Path comes nether the power of State Highways that provides basal amenities similar purified drinking water, washrooms, bitumen carriageway, remainder halls.
Tangedco officials said that the way has 19 transformers, including ones of 110 KV and 220 KV. These facilities assistance supply powerfulness proviso to the streetlights on the route. More than 800 streetlights connected the way are maintained by Tiruvannamalai Corporation.
Tangedco officials said that powerfulness outages connected the way hap chiefly owed to beardown winds successful town. Such powerfulness chopped problems are attended to erstwhile the upwind conditions successful the country are backmost to normal.
Alternative powerfulness backups similar diesel powered generators and star powerfulness panels to run thoroughfare lights connected the way are besides being worked out. “Electrical transformers connected Girivalam Path look problems owed to beardown winds. Alternative powerfulness backup arrangements should beryllium successful spot to forestall specified abrupt powerfulness outages,” S. Saravanan, Executive Engineer (EE), Tangedco (Tiruvannamalai), told The Hindu.
