The Hindu 01.08.2013
Streetlights to be repaired
The city Corporation, along with the Kerala State
Electricity Board, will replace all faulty streetlights under the six
electrical sections of Beach, Poonthura, Sreevarahom, Manacaud and
Thiruvallam ahead of the ‘Karkidaka Vavu’ that falls on August 6. An
estimated 17,000 lamps in these sections are now defunct.
The
decision was taken during a meeting convened by the Works standing
committee of the Corporation. Works committee chairman V.S. Padmakumar
said that efforts were on to rope in a government-accredited agency,
Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Ltd., in the maintenance of
high-mast lights. The two at Shanghumughom Beach will be accorded top
priority, since it is one of the prime locations where ‘bali’ rituals
will be held early in the morning. Thousands of devotees will pay homage
to their ancestors by offering ‘bali’ on ‘Karkidaka Vavu.’