The Sabarimala Special Commissioner said in the report that the actual turnout of devotees was much less than 5,000 virtual queue slots.
Taking note of a report filed by the Sabarimala Special Commissioner (SPC) on the issues of under-utilization of the virtual queue system, the Kerala High Court has directed the state police chief to file an affidavit in this regard.
In a recent order, judges CT Ravikumar and Murali Purushothaman directed the SPC to submit whether the issues pointed out by the commissioner have arisen due to any fraudulent action by anyone and whether any agency has been misquoted. It is possible to register with. . The case is now posted for further hearing on Friday.
In its report to the High Court, the Special Commissioner has stated that 5,000 virtual queue slots were booked within hours of the site opening, but the actual turnout of devotees remained very low. Pointing to the daily turn of devotees at the temple’s opening for a five-day monthly puja in February, the report said that those who had booked virtual queue slots were not intentionally going to the temple.
“Blocking of virtual queue slots by people not coming to Sabarimala makes the opportunity of genuine devotees who intend to go for pilgrimage useless,” he said.
In view of the COVID-19 status, the High Court has limited the daily number of pilgrims to Sabarimala to 5,000 with mandatory COVID-19 certificates. The booking of a virtual queue slot for Sabarimala Darshan is done through the website www.sabarimala.orgAn initiative of the Kerala Police.
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