Virtual ‘Q’ facility for Sabari pilgrims to be strengthened

Introduced by the state police in 2011, over the last four years, 48 lakh pilgrims have availed of the facility that helps pilgrims avoid standing in queues for a long time. “Our long-term vision is to make Sabarimala darshan totally digitally managed through the virtual queue in the years to come,” ADGP south-zone K. Padmakumar said in a statement.

“We plan to increase the number of token verification counters from four to six. More gadgets like scanners and metal detectors will be provided and more policemen will be deployed at the entry points so that the waiting time of pilgrims for token verification could be reduced,” said Thiruvananthapuram-range IG Manoj Abraham.