On Monday, scores of contract workers scrambled to make the final preparations for the week-long Keraleeyam jamboree that commences on November 1.
The frenzy of last-minute labour and anxiety of meeting a fast-approaching deadline was evident in artists, workers and officials as they raced to complete installations, string up illumination and prepare the venues ahead of the carnival.
Top bureaucrats and Ministers toiled overtime to ensure that the disparate parts of the festival unfolded seamlessly.
