
Ensure smooth conduct of festival at Sabarimala: HC
The Hindu
Commissioner told to personally oversee pilgrimage
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Commissioner to personally oversee the entire affairs at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple during the Mandala-Makaravilaku festival to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to the pilgrims and ensure smooth conduct of the festival.
The Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar passed the order on a report filed by the Sabarimala Special Commissioner.

With the objective of ensuring safe travel for women, senior citizens and visiting tourists in Madurai, a new women e-auto programme was launched here on Thursday. Speaking at the launch function, Venkatesan Dhattatreyan, Regional Director, Union Ministry of Tourism, said a city like Madurai, with high heritage value, had ample scope for womenfolk to make their livelihood with decent earnings.












