The State Government will sanction Rs 25 lakh for the renovation of
roads near Beemapally Dargah Shareef, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said
on Thursday.

Curtains go up this year for the famed ‘Uroos’ at
the Dargah Shareef on April 12 and it will be on till April 22. The
Minister, who chaired a meeting here to review the arrangements for the
annual festival, said that police and Fire and Rescue Personnel will be
in strength at the venue to ensure the safety of the faithful. The
police will also open a control room at the festival venue and operate
round-the-clock surveillance.

Traffic flow in and around
Valiyathura, Cheriyathura, Beemapally and Poonthura will be regulated
during the festival days. The City Corporation will spearhead a cleaning
drive in the area ahead of the festival. Renovation of the Corporation
roads here will be completed by March 31. Instructions have been given
to clean the drains along the Beemapally-Poonthura Road in a week’s
time. The Health Department will operate a 24-hour mobile clinic and an
ambulance service specially for the festival.

Arrangements are being made to ensure proper lighting and streamline bus services in the area, the Minister said.

Also,
the government would see that it is not caught on the wrong foot vis a
vis water supply during the festival days. The Corporation and the Water
Resources Department will arrange 15 reservoirs to ensure adequate
water supply. Multiple pipe-bursts on the eve of the Attukal Pongala had
left the government scrambling for making alternative arrangements on
Pongala day.