Radio Hams to help pilgrims
Ham Radio operators have set up control rooms to ensure effective and speedy communication on Makaravilakku day, Sunday, 15 January.
Makaravilakku is an annual festival held in Kerala, India at the shrine of Sabarimala and attended by an estimated half a million devotees.
The Deccan Chronicle reports that, following the deaths last year of 100 devotees on makaravilakku day, the Ham Emergency Communication and Disaster Management Society (HECDMS) has set up control rooms at Sannidhanam, Pampa and the Idukki collectorate to ensure effective and speedy communication on Makaravilakku Day this year, which happens to fall on January 15.
Ham radio operators will provide round the clock service in remote areas like Parunthupara, Uppupara, Panjalimedu, Sathram and Pullumedu where devotees arrive in huge number to witness the Makaravilakku.
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