thiruvananthapuram the attukal pongala festival which begins on february 28 will be ecofriendly and plastic free in a review meeting convened here on thursday urban affairs minister p k kunhalikutty and devaswom minister v s sivakumar instructed the temple authorities to ensure a clean environment during the festival the meeting reviewed the preparations done by various departments prior to the festival kunhalikutty directed the authorities to ensure the supply of drinking water all roads leading to the temple that are now in bad shape will be repaired soon he said corporation officials who were present at the meeting said that 1700 workers will be deployed to ensure a clean locality during the festival also three water tanks will be provided by the corporation said health standing committee chairperson s pushpalatha there will be separate medical camps this time ayurveda homoeo and allopathy railways will ensure special stops for trains on pongala day and ksrtc will run extra services so that devotees can commute easily said sivakumar district supply officer will evaluate the quality and price of food items that will be distributed at the festival zone supplyco will distribute pongala kits priced at rs 80 at maveli stores a control room equipped with 25 closed circuit cameras will function at the temple over 5000 policemen including 100 women officers will be deployed in the city to ensure a peaceful festival the traffic wing will enforce special traffic plans to ease vehicle flow in the city