HUMAN HAIR NETS Rs.63.98CR TO TTD

Tirumala, 18 September 2014: The temple administration of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has netted Rs.63.98cr towards sale of 46,800 kilos human hair in e-Auction which held under the supervision of Tirumala Joint EO Sri KS Sreenivasa Raju on Thursday.

The statement showing the particulars of various varieties of human hair has been attached herewith.
Particulars of e-auction of Human Hair held on 18-09-2014
S.No Variety Stocks put for
e-auction (Kgs) Upset price fixed (Rs/Kg) Price bidded (range) Stocks bidded in the
e-auction
(Kg) Balance Stocks
(Kgs) Amount fetched in
e-auction
(Rs. In Crores)
1 1st Variety (31″ & above approx.) 1500 25,559.00 25,559 – 25,560 400 1,100 1.02
2 2nd Variety (16″ to 30″ approx.) 26,900 18,815.00 18,848 – 18,884 26,900 – 50.72
3 3rd Variety (10″ to 15″ approx.) 59,400 6,501.00 6,501 – 6,503 17,800 41,600 11.57
4 4th Variety (5″ to 9″ approx.) 7,400 5,457.00 – – 7,400 –
5 5th Variety (less than 5″ approx.) 1,12,800 37.00 37 1,000 1,11,800 0.01
6 Grey Hair 700 9,366.00 9,421 – 9,426 700 – 0.66
Total 2,08,700 46,800 1,61,900 63.98

ISSUED BY TTDs PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TIRUPATI