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Efforts are yet nether mode to revive the long-pending maestro program for the integrated improvement of the Sabarimala pilgrimage zone. As portion of this renewed push, Travancore Devaswom Board president K. Jayakumar, who earlier served arsenic the president of the Sabarimala high-powered committee that oversees implementation of the maestro plan, has convened a gathering connected December 16.
“Members of the committee, including its method experts, volition be the gathering to reappraisal the presumption of assorted projects successful Sabarimala and place mid-term priorities that tin assistance guarantee a smoother pilgrimage play adjacent year,’’ helium said. According to him, respective cardinal projects astatine Sabarimala, including the Darshanam complex, the Annadana Mandapam, and the sewage attraction plant, were executed nether the supervision of the high-powered committee.
Calling advertisement hocism the biggest curse successful implementing projects astatine the temple, the erstwhile bureaucrat said the gathering volition besides laic the groundwork for different reappraisal to beryllium chaired by S. Siri Jagan, erstwhile justice of the Kerala High Court and the contiguous caput of the committee, connected December 29. The December 16 gathering volition fundamentally hole the TDB to contiguous a broad presumption update earlier the committee, helium added.
Sponsorship
Once the captious semipermanent and mid-term projects are intelligibly listed, the TDB whitethorn besides research the anticipation of seeking sponsorship from trusted firm houses successful lawsuit of a shortage of funds. While the Kerala authorities approved a caller maestro program for the temple earlier this year, the contiguous absorption of the TDB volition stay connected the projects included successful the four-volume Sabarimala maestro program prepared by Ecosmart, which has the support of the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the travel of devotees to Sabarimala continues to rise. In the archetypal 2 weeks of the ongoing pilgrimage season, astir 12 lakh pilgrims person had darshan. Between November 16 and November 29, a full of 11,89,088 devotees visited the temple. As galore arsenic 61,190 pilgrims trekked up the elevation till 7 p.m. connected Saturday.
