ADILABAD: Lack of security measures in River Godavari shut to Basar temple has resulted in diverse incidents of drowning by devotees whereas taking the holy dip there in Nirmal district.
Two college students who came alongside with their chums from Akola, Maharashtra, drowned whereas taking a a dip in the waters advance Basar temple on Would possibly perchance perhaps 14. The team of 15 college college students who went there for darshan of Goddess Saraswati ended the shuttle on a sad gift.
After the incident, the faculty students expressed subject over lack of security on the showering ghats and criticised the temple authorities for his or her enlighten of no activity.
No particular subject has been earmarked with ropes for taking a holy dip on the ghats that had been constructed all over the Godavari Pushkaralu.
Many fogeys ship their kids to originate them into alphabets on the position apartment of the Goddess Saraswati and the bustle is big for Aksharabhyasam on the occasion of Vasantha Panchami, regarded as because the goddess’ birthday. Early life are brought in additionally all over the summer season holidays.
The frenzy of the devotees would be extra on particular occasions. As many as 10,000 college students are enrolled at Basar IIIT. They repeatedly come to bear darshan of the goddess.
Early life, the aged and college students are extra at danger of drown whereas taking the holy dip on the showering ghats in Basar.
Endowment minister Allola Indrakaran had over and over launched a enlighten executive allocation of Rs 50 crore for the pattern of the Basar temple. He had additionally mentioned the construction of 44 rooms for lodging of the devotees would launch soon. But, the safety and security of the devotees are extra well-known on the Basar temple, bellow devotees.
The endowment minister often visits the temple for darshan nonetheless disregarded calls to be obvious security of the devotees on the Basar shrine and thereabouts.
Devotees bellow the endowment division and the temple authorities ought to soundless space existence jackets and balloons for the safety of the devotees who can’t swim nonetheless soundless decide to dangle the holy dip. “Professions swimmers would possibly perchance perhaps very effectively be engaged as a rescue team with the safety equipment. A ship would possibly perchance perhaps very effectively be kept ready to set aside the lives in emergencies,” they propose.
There bear additionally been circumstances of distressed other folks from inside the enlighten and even from Maharashtra come to the temple ghats subject and prevent their lives.
Some such other folks had dedicated suicide by leaping into the waters from the inter-district bridge on the Gadavari after having a darshan of Goddess Saraswati.
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