Posted: 08 Oct 2015 10:46
PM PDT
Rameswaram a great tourist, pilgrim site:HC
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High court today
described the Rameswaram Island and temple as a great tourist and pilgrim site
and stressed the need for keeping them clean and tourist-friendly.
A division bench of Justice R.Sudhakar and
Justice V.M.Velumani directed the Municipal Commissioner to implement the
recommendations of the Advocate Commissioner for improving the amenities and
conditions in the island.
The recommendations included renovating
Agnitheertham (sea near the temple), cleaning it four times a day, better
illumination and keeping the four ‘car streets’ litter-free, mobile
bio-toilets, among other things.
The bench said the Municipal Commissioner should
have voluntarily implemented the recommendations instead of the court directing
it to do so.
The suggestions also included providing shelter
for mentally-challenged persons, taking steps to get sanction of funds under
Clean India project and also to enrol the island as one of the beneficiaries
under AMRUT scheme under the auspices of the Urban Devleopment Ministry.
The bench said the Supreme Court was also
focussing on keeping places of importance clean and the island administration
should not get any adverse comment from the apex court.
It asked the Municipal Commissioner to prepare a
standard operation procedure for implementing the recommendations and submit a
report on October 26. They also directed the Joint Commissioner of the temple
to be present on that date with regard to implementation of suggestions made
for improving amenities inside the shrine.
( Source – PTI)
