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safety measure: Palani highway being cleaned by a machine at Ramayanpatti near Dindigul. DINDIGUL: With sharp increase in the arrival of pilgrims to Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple in Palani, the district administration has enhanced the facilities and safety measures on prime highways as well as in the temple town. Mechanised cleaning-cum-sweeping vehicles has been introduced to remove sharp particles, coarse soil and other materials that would hurt the feet of padayatris on the 60-km-long Palani-Dindigul Highway, prime route to Palani for those coming from Karaikudi, Tiruchi, eastern and southern parts of Dindigul district. Seven workers have been engaged to remove excess sand and stones on some stretches, where machines cannot be used. Already, over 1,000 college students have manually cleaned the three-metre-wide extension of the highway. Sticks with reflective stickers are being given to padayatris, who choose to walk by night, in order to avoid accidents. Caution signboards have been installed at 50 places on Sempatti-Palani Main Road, another prime route to the temple town, for pilgrims from south Dindigul, Madurai and Theni districts. Following the death of five padayatris in road accidents within a week, the police have intensified road safety patrolling to keep a check on speeding vehicles on the highway. Traffic diversionDiversion of traffic on Oddanchatram-Palani Road will come into effect from Sunday. All buses coming from Palani to Dindigul will be diverted through Kallimandhayam to reach Oddanchatram till Tuesday. A changing room for women has been set up near Idumban Temple and a new toilet opened for use by pilgrims. Steps have been taken to set up three more plastic tanks on ‘giri veedhis’ (streets around the hill) to maintain drinking water supply to visitors from other districts. All restaurants and shops has been instructed to display the price list of eatables and Palani Municipality is directed to check the quality of food sold, said Collector R. Vasuki. Local bodies in Ayakudi, Oddanchatram and Chatrapatti were instructed to keep the roads and public places clean and tidy to enable pilgrims to stay at night. Ms. Vasuki appealed to the pilgrims to follow traffic rules for a safe journey.
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