Vehicular traffic piling up on Kumily ghat section; Sabarimala pilgrims complain lack of direction between Idukki and Theni officials

With the mandala puja celebrations being conducted astatine the celebrated Sabarimala Temple, Ayyappa devotees from antithetic parts of the confederate States are heading to the shrine by roadworthy passing done Theni territory successful Tamil Nadu to scope Kerala.

As a result, determination is dense vehicular postulation connected some directions, and during the past 24 hours alone, Kumily has been experiencing agelong queues that vehicles moved astatine snail’s pace.

While a bulk of the pilgrims are utilizing backstage cars and tempo-coaches, others are besides travelling successful backstage omnibuses to the temple.

Though the fig of vehicles had accrued this season, erstwhile compared with past year, immoderate of the regular users of the agelong complained that deficiency of coordination betwixt Theni and Idukki territory medication had resulted successful chaos now.

Normally, considering the fig of vehicles, the authorities would person the two-way postulation strategy into one-way to decongest the movement.

While vehicles proceeding to Sabarimala from Theni broadside would beryllium permitted to usage Cumbum, Cumbum Mettu, and those coming backmost from the shrine would usage Kumily.

This season, it is said, that the territory medication had projected the different way. ie, Vehicles proceeding to Sabarimala was directed to usage Kumily and those returning shall usage Cumbum and Cumbum Mettu.

The thought down the displacement successful the postulation strategy was not discussed arsenic it should person been betwixt the 2 territory officials - Theni and Idukki respectively.

The shopkeepers successful Kumily said that pilgrims, portion returning to their homes aft darshan, would bargain items similar chips and different user goods. This season, unaware astir the alteration successful the postulation system, the pilgrims excessively were disappointed aft they were directed to usage Cumbum to scope Theni.

However, a elder authoritative said that they had held meetings successful which the revenue, police, occurrence and rescue, wood and others participated. The assemblage was precise precocious and the conveyance colonisation excessively had increased. Hence, the postulation moved slowly. There was nary disorder oregon immoderate slackness arsenic charged by the shopkeepers, helium added.