ORUMUDIKKETTU FOR HOME
The devotees, staff on duty, and every person visiting
Sabarimala is bound to keep the hillock clean and protect the serene forest
environs of the sacred grove, says P. Vijayan, City Police Commissioner of
Thrissur, who has been posted as the Police Special Officer at Sabarimala.Mr.
Vijayan, who had successfully implemented the ‘Punyam Poonkavanom’ cleaning
drive, making the devotees and the staff an integral part of the daily cleaning
drive at the Sannidhanam, has re-launched the project this time too, with added
vigour..This time, the police will be launching another scheme,
‘Orumudikkettu,’ in which every pilgrim visiting Sabarimala would be supplied
with a cloth bag for taking the waste generated by them at the holy hillock
back to their residential courtyard for safe disposal, treating it as a service
to Lord Ayyappa.“Irumudikkettu for Lord Ayyappa and Orumudikkettu for home” is
the slogan we raise as part of the new scheme, he added.
Mr. Vijayan said the idea was to make people aware of the
responsibility to clear the entire waste generated by them at Sabarimala.
Handing over the cloth bag, the police personnel deployed at the Lower
Tirumuttom will politely ask the pilgrims to collect the waste materials
generated by them in it on their return from the pilgrim centre after darshan.The
VIPs who visit the forest shrine also find time to take part in Punyam
Poonkavanom drive that takes place at the Lower Tirumuttom at the Sannidhanam
every day. Every person visiting Sabarimala, besides the staff, priests, and
workers on duty at the pilgrim centre, are part of this cleaning mission.The
project was re-launched by chief priest (Tantri) Kandararu Rajeevaru, who
himself had participated in the cleaning drive, along with K. Babu, Special
Commissioner appointed by the Kerala High Court, senior police officers, staff
on duty, and Ayyappa devotees on the first day of the pilgrim season.
Mr. Vijayan said the project, upholding the dignity of
labour, was also an attempt to respect the Tamil workers attached to the
Sabarimala Sanitation Society who have been doing round-the-clock service at
Sabarimala.“The project, of course, will create a new culture among the
devotees that would eventually ensure better waste management at the pilgrim
centre in a phased manner, besides protecting the forest environs with active
participation of the devotees. The pilgrim-friendly police mission at
Sabarimala too should be appreciated,” said a group of devotees who took part
in the cleaning operation on Sunday.Justice C.T. Ravikumar of Kerala High Court
and Subhash Vasu, Travancore Devaswom Board member, were among those
participated in the drive in the past two days.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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