Development plans using tech tools drawn up for Saundatti Yallamma Temple

Saundatti Yallamma Temple development plan includes modern facilities, crowd control, lodging, parking, and road network improvements.

The district administration has drawn up a comprehensive plan to develop the Saundatti Yallamma Temple, which receives the highest number of visitors in the State.

This plan includes the use of modern technological tools for crowd control, a queue complex on the lines of the TTD temple, a bunch of buildings for lodging and boarding for pilgrims, an open-air kitchen for devotees to cook, an animal shelter and a multi-vehicle parking facility.

Efforts will be made to provide easy access to the temple town by a network of roads inside and outside the town of Saundatti.

The development of the temple complex and Saundatti town will be taken up in two stages. The first phase will have a queue complex on the TTD model. It can handle around 3,000 people per shift.

As per plans, devotees will be given digital trackers, when they enter the complex. They will pass through a queue by moving through multiple buildings where they can have access to snacks and drinking water.

Crowds in the sanctum sanctorum will be managed through digital tools that include trackers, regulated queues, CCTV footage and exit clearances.

The police will set up an intranet centre on the temple premises. The intranet network will be used to power a local walkie-talkie system for crowd control. This will help officers avoid the frequent jamming of mobile networks due to overcrowding and ensure seamless communication between officers.