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Published on 19 Jan 2024 6:37PM ·
The Batu Caves Hindu Temple Management will build an escalator at the tourist attraction this year. – EPA pic, January 19, 2024.
THE Batu Caves Hindu Temple Management will build an escalator at the tourist attraction this year as an alternative to the 272 steps for devotees and visitors to reach the Sri Subramaniar cave temple.
Temple committee chairman R. Nadarajah said the escalator is one of two projects that would begin this year after Thaipusam, along with the construction of a multi-purpose hall estimated to cost RM35 million.
“We hope the government would assist us since this will allow the disabled and elderly who are unable to climb the steps to reach the main temple,” Nadarajah said during a press conference with Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong today.
Sim said the Human Resources Ministry would hold a Kesuma Madani programme at Batu Caves in conjunction with Thaipusam.
He said his ministry would send 200 volunteers to Batu Caves to assist the temple committee in managing logistics during Thaipusam as well as setting up a booth to provide employment information and register Indian youth for technical courses.
The booth will be set up with the cooperation of the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit as the ministry wants Indian housewives to register for the Housewives Social Security Scheme implemented by Socso as well. – Bernama, January 19, 2024.
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