The New Indian Express 04.11.2009

Devaswom hands over Rs 78.61 lakh to municipalit

GURUVAYUR: Guruvayur Devaswom has handed over a cheque amounting to Rs 78.61 lakh to Guruvayur municipality as the first instalment of devaswom share for the Karuvannoor river water supply scheme here on Tuesday.

Devaswom administrator V Ratheesan handed over the cheque to municipal secretary N Vijayakumar and devaswom member A V Chandran at a meet held at Devaswom office. The water supply scheme from Karuvannur River is implemented under the Central Government’s Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSMT) with an estimated cost of nearly 53 crore.

Around 80 percent of the total project cost will be obtained from the Centre, 10 percent from the State and remaining 10 percent will be contributed by the Guruvayur and Chavakkad municipalities.

The Devaswom will share 50 percent of the amount of Guruvayur municipality and in turn the Devaswom will receive 4 million litres of drinking water daily.

Ekadasi vilakku

Sampoorna Neyvilakku will be offered at the Sree Krishna Temple, here on Wednesday. The Ekadasi vilakku celebration on Wednesday is an endowment offering by Nanu Ezhuthassan and Sons, Thrissur.

Kazhchasiveli with melam and panchavadhyam will be held in the morning and afternoon.

Vilakku ezhunnellippu will be held at night. Subhash Chandra Bose, son of Nanu Ezhuthassan, is conducting the vilakku celebration annually in memory of his father.