Ambubachi 2019 – Read Before You Go

'The Best can also be Improved': Slogan Ambubachi 2019

With just a few days left for the Ambubachi 2019, and the historic Kamakhya temple gearing up to celebrate the festival like bygone years, organizers' body announced that the door of the main Kamakhya Temple would be closed at 1:40 am on June 22 as part of the Ambubachi Mela and would be reopened at 6 am on June 26.

The temple managementcommittee will also stop issuing special tickets to Army personnel from June 21to 30.

In order to maintaindiscipline, despite its 120 permanent security guards, the management committeewill deploy 400 Scouts and Guides volunteers, 400 general volunteers and 140temporary security guards.

It will also installaltogether 300 closed circuit cameras in and around the temple premises.

To maintain cleanliness thecommittee will deploy 200 contractual workers along with its 210 permanentworkers. The committee also urged all devotees to keep the temple premisestobacco-free during the Mela days.

The Stategovernment will be spending around Rs 23 lakh in maintaining cleanliness in andaround the Kamakhya temple along with supply of drinking water throughtemporary pipelines and illumination of streets.

The government will spendthe fund through the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) which is responsiblefor maintaining cleanliness during the Mela.

This time the GMC hasconceived a slogan: 'The Best can also be Improved' in its preparation for theMela.

Around 100 dustbins will beplaced in and around the temple and rest camp premises.

To keep the cityopen-defecation-free during the Mela days, the government will spend more thanRs 30 lakh.

Altogether 35 modular toilets, 545 latrines, 275 bathrooms, and 30 toilets will be set up at the rest camps located at Fancy Bazar, Pandu, Naharbari and Baripara.

The PHE department willsupply water pouches at the camps and other locations during the Mela days. Thedepartment is preparing to supply lakhs of water pouches to the devotees duringthe Mela.

A huge rest camp fordevotees will be set up in the old jail campus located at Fancy Bazar.