Documentation to begin on November 9

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A joint meeting of the C V Ananda Bose-headed expert committee, appointed by the Supreme Court and another monitoring committee, headed by Justice M N Krishnan, has resolved in principle to start the documentation work on the huge treasure trove in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple vaults on November 9. The preparedness for the exercise will be scanned and other modalities will be finalised on the next joint meeting of the committees, scheduled to be held on November 4. A final word from the State Government to meet the estimated Rs 1.98 crore expenditure for the exercise has to come by then.Representatives of the Keltron and ISRO, who attended the meeting presented a scheme for the technical backup for the documentation of the valuables and strengthening of security. Representatives of the temple administration were also present in the meeting.“A detailed evaluation was conducted on Saturday. There are many things which have to be performed by the government, temple administration and the    empowered committees. The directive is to start the documentation work on November 9,” said Ananda Bose.