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With conscionable a week remaining for the two-month-long yearly pilgrimage play astatine the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has made elaborate arrangements to guarantee a creaseless and harmless behaviour of the event.
According to P.S. Prashanth, the outgoing president of the TDB, a broad mishap security strategy has been implemented for devotees visiting the elevation shrine. Previously constricted to 4 districts, the sum of this strategy has present been extended Statewide.
In the lawsuit of a devotee’s death, the nominee oregon ineligible heir volition person ₹5 lakh arsenic insurance. In addition, the Board volition carnivore ambulance costs of up to ₹1 lakh for incidents extracurricular the State and ₹30,000 for those wrong the State.
“The strategy has besides been extended to see TDB unit connected work astatine Sabarimala, Pampa, and Nilackal, impermanent employees, and different authorities unit moving astatine these sites. The full premium for the strategy is borne by the Board,” helium said
The Board has further decided to make a corpus money to supply ₹3 lakh compensation to the families of devotees who dice of a bosom onslaught portion climbing the Pampa–Sannidhanam way oregon on the wood trek from Erumely. Ambulance costs of up to ₹1 lakh for extracurricular the State and ₹30,000 for wrong the State volition besides beryllium covered.
Voluntary publication of ₹5
To money this initiative, a voluntary publication of ₹5 volition beryllium collected from devotees astatine the clip of virtual queue booking. This money has been established pursuing a High Court bid regarding the Pullumedu stampede tragedy, Mr. Prashanth added.
Utility boards person been acceptable up to supply further information, and fragrance dispensers person been installed astatine assorted points on the trekking path.
The Board has arranged 1,005 toilets astatine Sannidhanam, successful summation to 164 toilets successful the queue complexes. Along the trekking way from Pampa to the sanctum, 58 bio-toilet units person been installed. On the Pampa–Sannidhanam stretch, 4 ample container-type toilet blocks, each lodging 8 urinals, person been acceptable up.
15 Emergency Medical Centres person been opened astatine cardinal points on the trekking way to supply contiguous aesculapian care.
To tackle labour exploitation
“In the past, cleaning and attraction of toilets and different hygiene facilities were carried retired done labour contracts. Recognising that his leads to labour exploitation, the Board has present straight employed 420 impermanent workers for these duties,’’ Mr. Prashanth said .
At Sannidhanam, 546 rooms person been arranged crossed assorted buildings to accommodate devotees, including 56 afloat renovated rooms successful the Sabari impermanent houses for enhanced comfort.
At Pampa, 300 toilets, including 70 imperishable units, person been acceptable up. Ten caller encampments and a German-style structure person been installed, providing abstraction for 4,000 radical astatine a time.
At Nilackal, 4 buildings person been completed to accommodate devotees, and 5 caller resting areas person been acceptable up, collectively providing abstraction for astir 5,000 people. Additional parking has been arranged for 2,000 vehicles, bringing full parking capableness to implicit 10,000 vehicles.
Through the KIIFB, the Board has besides received ₹123 crore for assorted infrastructure works astatine Sabarimala, ensuring continued improvement and information improvements for pilgrims.
