Newly commissioned rope car at Ayyarmalai runs into trouble; devotees spend anxious moments
The HinduA day after its formal inauguration, the rope car at Sri Rathnagiriswarar Temple atop the Ayyarmalai hillock near Kulithalai ran into trouble with the devotees stuck midway due to a snag on Thursday. It is said that a few wheels of the car slipped, apparently due to strong winds, from the rope car system, causing anxiety to the devotees. While the engineers of the Kolkata-based company, who were stationed there, managed to rescue the devotees quickly, who had just boarded the cabins to go up, the devotees, who were on return direction, spent anxious moments as they were stuck in the cars for more than 90 minutes. D. Kumaradurai, Joint Commissioner, HR&CE Department, Tiruppur region, told The Hindu that the rope cars slipped from their position because of strong winds.
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