Section 144 at Dhabaleswar shrine, most pax capped at 200 on hanging bridge

By Express News Service

CUTTACK/ATHAGARH:  Alarmed by the tragedy at Morbi in Gujarat, the place over 140 individuals have been killed in a suspension bridge collapse, the district administration on Monday imposed part 144 of CrPC on the well-known Dhabaleswar shrine forward of the Bada Osha and Kartika Purnima festivals on November 7 and eight.

The administration has additionally restricted the quantity or individuals on the hanging bridge connecting the temple to a most 200 at a time.

The Shaiva pitha is situated on an island of Mahanadi river in Athagarh. The shrine attracts a mess of devotees throughout the holy month of Kartika, which fits as much as tens of 1000’s on Bada Osha.
The devotees method the temple by boats on Mahanadi and in addition by street which is related by a dangling bridge. The Dhabaleswar suspension bridge was constructed in 2006. It has a capability to hold 600 individuals at a time.

The suspension bridge resulting in the shrine, on which some cracks have been detected lately, will stay closed for upkeep and repairs on Tuesday. The administration’s transfer got here after a workforce of consultants detected some technical faults on the 254 metre lengthy and two metre broad bridge which ends up in the century-old Lord Shiva temple. 

“The bridge developed some technical glitch on Saturday following which a team of experts from Kolkata was called in. The experts carried out a thorough inspection on Sunday,” stated Athagarh sub-collector Hemant Kumar Swain. 

However, rituals on the shrine will proceed as ordinary, he stated.  The detection of cracks and defects within the bridge got here on the proper time and the consultants’ inspection most likely averted a tragedy just like the one witnessed in Gujarat, stated sources.

CUTTACK/ATHAGARH:  Alarmed by the tragedy at Morbi in Gujarat, the place over 140 individuals have been killed in a suspension bridge collapse, the district administration on Monday imposed part 144 of CrPC on the well-known Dhabaleswar shrine forward of the Bada Osha and Kartika Purnima festivals on November 7 and eight.

The administration has additionally restricted the quantity or individuals on the hanging bridge connecting the temple to a most 200 at a time.

The Shaiva pitha is situated on an island of Mahanadi river in Athagarh. The shrine attracts a mess of devotees throughout the holy month of Kartika, which fits as much as tens of 1000’s on Bada Osha.
The devotees method the temple by boats on Mahanadi and in addition by street which is related by a dangling bridge. The Dhabaleswar suspension bridge was constructed in 2006. It has a capability to hold 600 individuals at a time.

The suspension bridge resulting in the shrine, on which some cracks have been detected lately, will stay closed for upkeep and repairs on Tuesday. The administration’s transfer got here after a workforce of consultants detected some technical faults on the 254 metre lengthy and two metre broad bridge which ends up in the century-old Lord Shiva temple. 

“The bridge developed some technical glitch on Saturday following which a team of experts from Kolkata was called in. The experts carried out a thorough inspection on Sunday,” stated Athagarh sub-collector Hemant Kumar Swain. 

However, rituals on the shrine will proceed as ordinary, he stated.  The detection of cracks and defects within the bridge got here on the proper time and the consultants’ inspection most likely averted a tragedy just like the one witnessed in Gujarat, stated sources.