Lifts opened at entrance to Golden Temple

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 31

Two lifts were inaugurated in the Golden Temple complex by SGPC chief secretary Dr Roop Singh and junior vice-president Harpal Singh on Wednesday. These lifts, installed at the entrance, would help devotees reach the ‘parikrama’ and the Central Sikh Museum. Dr Roop Singh said each lift, costing Rs 11 lakh, had a capacity to carry 10 persons at a time and would benefit people who faced difficulty in using the stairs.

Last year, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had decided to install special lifts to allow easier access to physically challenged devotees to the shrine’s parikrama’.