RECORD RENT COLLECTION OF OVER Rs ONE CRORE DURING BRAHMOTSAVAM

TIRUMALA TIRUPATI DEVASTHANAMS

RECORD RENT COLLECTION OF OVER Rs ONE CRORE DURING BRAHMOTSAVAM

Tirumala, October 2:  A record rent collection of over Rs.1 crore has been achieved during the on-going Salakatla Brahmotsavam -2014 at the country’s holiest and hoary Vaishnavite hill shrine of Tirumala.

Sri P. Venkataiah, the Deputy Executive officers in charge of Reception (accommodation) told a meet the press program at the media center today that the effective and transparent management of the allotment of rooms to common devotees had yielded good dividends of an 82 % occupancy rate. We have let out 5434 rooms out of 7365 ‘said.

Compared to Brahmotsavam-2013 the occupancy rate had shot down by 9 per cent in view of developments in neighboring Tamil Nadu. ‘We have engaged adequate contract workers for upkeep of the   guest houses and PAC’s’ he said.

ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs, TIRUPATI