The Hindu, 10 September 2014
PATHANAMTHITTA: Forest Department has not given nod for site at Sabarimala
With just 67 days left for the beginning of the annual pilgrim season at Sabarimala, the much publicised Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and the three queue complexes proposed at the pilgrim centre are unlikely to materialise this year.
This is owing to the inordinate delay in according the mandatory site clearance for the queue complexes by the Department of Forests.
Travancore Devaswom Board Chief Engineer P.S. Jolly Ullas has written about the situation to K. Jayakumar, chairman of the high power committee for implementation of the Sabarimala Master Plan. Read more....