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New escalator for Batu Caves temple this year, PwD and elderly devotees rejoice | Scoop
Batu Caves Hindu temple chairman Tan Sri R. Nadarajah has announced that an escalator will be available at the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves by the end of the year as an alternative to its 272 colourful steps. – Azim Rahman/Scoop pic, January 19, 2024
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New escalator for Batu Caves temple this year, PwD and elderly devotees rejoice

Worshippers and visitors will have an alternative to the famous 272 steps up the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple

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Nabila Shila
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2:47 PM MYT

 

GOMBAK – The elderly and persons with disabilities will soon have an alternative to the 272 steps up the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves when an escalator is completed this year.

“This year, we will put up the escalator for the elderly and disabled devotees who find it hard to make the climb up the stairs,” said Batu Caves Hindu temple chairman Tan Sri R. Nadarajah at a press conference today in conjunction with Thaipusam celebrations.

Batu Caves Hindu temple chairman Tan Sri R. Nadarajah has said that the escalator is free for all to use but expressed that he hopes for the government to allocate funds to the facility. – Azim Rahman/Scoop pic, January 19, 2024

He added that the escalator will be free of charge for devotees and tourists, and expressed hope that the federal government will allocate some funds for this.

Also at the press conference is Human Resources Minister Steven Sim, who said the Kesuma Madani programme in collaboration with the temple committee will provide various assistance and services for the one million devotees and visitors expected during Thaipusam on January 25.

This includes 200 volunteers who will assist senior citizens, women and children during the festival

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim (centre), who also attended the press conference at Batu Caves, has said that the Kesuma Madani programme in collaboration with the temple committee will provide various aid and services for devotees and visitors expected to be in attendance during Thaipusam on January 25. – Azim Rahman/Scoop pic, January 19, 2024

Sim said the volunteers are trainees from industrial training and technical programmes who are looking to improve their communication and problem-solving skills and community involvement. 

The organiser also will provide a rest area at the main tent that will accommodate 500 police, Rela personnel, and staffers from Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Alam Flora as well as volunteers. 

“Senior citizens, women and children or devotees who are sick also can use the tent.”

One million devotees and worshippers are expected to join Thaipusam celebrations at the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves next week, with police, Rela, and other agencies ready to lend a helping hand. – Azim Rahman/Scoop pic, January 19, 2024

Other programmes provided for devotees are free health screening, technical programme registration for Indian youth and Social Security Organisation housewife scheme registration. 

The target is to get 500,000 housewives to register for the scheme. – January 19, 2024

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