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All set for Aranmula boat race

By Our Staff Reporter

PATHANAMTHITTA, AUG. 31. The Palliyoda Seva Sanghom (PSS) which organises the Aranmula Uthrittathi boat race and the district administration have made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the annual snake boat regatta. The Governor, R.L. Bhatia, will inaugurate the boat race at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

The District Collector, Rabeendra Kumar Agarwal, told The Hindu that the release of water from the barge of the Pampa irrigation project at Maniyar would commence from 5 a.m. tomorrow to ensure sufficient water level in the racecourse at Aranmula.

Joint team

Mr. Agarwal said a joint team comprising representatives of the Revenue Department, Water Resources Department and the PSS had been constituted to monitor the release of water from the Maniyar barge.

The PSS president, K. Sivadasan Nair, said the temporary roofing of the viewers' gallery at Sathrakadavu, the finishing point of the boat race, was progressing fast. A four-track racecourse has already been prepared for the snake boat procession and race.

Mr. Nair said the removal of mud banks from the racecourse and the maintenance work on the viewers' gallery had been completed.

As many as 35 `palliyodams' (snake boats) would participate in the snake boat pageantry and race.

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