The Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sanghom (ABASS) has completed the work on the new service raod lnking Pampa-Triveni with the Njunangar banks at Pampa in the foothills of Sabarimala as scheduled.
According to Travancore Devaswom Board sources, the new service road aimed at transportation of goods from Pampa-Triveni to the Devaswom store on the banks of Njunangar stream will be of great help in facilitating a smooth pilgrim movement along the Pampa Manalpuram road leading to Ganapati Temple during the annualpilgrim season.
ABASS has constructed the road prescribed in the Sabarimala Master Plan, spending Rs 1.25 core.
Queue complexes
Talking to The Hindu, Mr Jolly Ullas, TDB Executive Engineer, said the work, estimated at Rs 1.10, on the eight-metre wide, 156-metre long queue complex at Sabaripeetom was in its final stage.
Steel Industries Limited, Kerala, is doing the construction work and the queue would be ready for use before the beginning of he pilgrim season on November 16.
At Sabaripeedhom
However, the work on the other queue complex at Saramkuthi is unlikely to complete before the beginning of the annual pilgrim season.
Mr Ullas said TDB would complete the roofing work as well as the floor work of the Sabaripeedhom queue complex at by mid- November 16.
The work on the 20-metre wide, 80-metre long queue complex at Sabaripeedhom is estimated to cost Rs 1.10 crore and it would be resumed after the culmination of the pilgrim season, he said.
Resting place
Mr Ullas said the Chennai-based Balaji Group has been constructing roofed resting area in 30,000 sq ft at Paandithavalom for the pilgrims to take rest during the rush days of the season.
The copra drying yard closeby the Valiya Nadappanthal has also been shifted to an area behind the Devaswom Guest House at the Sannidhaanm to facilitate more open space for the pilgrims for taking rest.
Mr Ullas said resurfacing of the roads criss-crossing the base camp at Nilackal too would be complete in the next three days.
He said a new Aravana distribution counter will also been opened near Malikappuram.
