EO REVIEW- LADDU AND SECURITY AT GALLERY AND ALSO ILLUMIATIONS

Tirumala, 5 October 2016: TTD executive officer Dr D Sambasiva Rao today directed the officials of Potu to keep adequate buffer stock of Laddu ready with them as daily surge of devotees to Tirumala has crossed over One lakh to witness the salakatla Brahmotsavam-2016.

Reviewing the arrangements at the PAC-4 Central command centre along with the Tirumala JEO Sri KS Sreenivasa Raju, the TTD EO had instructed the officials to keep the laddu counters open on 24×7 basis through out the period of the Brahmotsavam-2016.

He also directed the engineering officials to check all the grills,exit and entry points and also the locks at all gates to ensure that there were no hiccups when the crowds surged towards the gates after vahanam darshan or earlier.

He asked the electrical officials to cover all the electrical illuminations at Tirumala with iron meshes to avert unsavory happenings to gullible devotees. He also wanted the security or other outsourced staff to be kept near most of the crucial electrical illuminations to face all emergencies, particularly at Hathiram Math and Archaka |Nilayam where huge electrical illuminations were installed.

The Executive officer also advised the Vigilance and security forces to procure additional forces Tirupati if the staff available at Tirumala were not adequate.

ISSUED BY TTDs PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TIRUPATI