Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal on Monday directed the engineering officials to complete the pending works undertaken at local temples within the stipulated time frame.
Reviewing the progress of various works during a meeting with senior officials at TTD’s administrative building, Mr. Singhal said there was an immediate need to construct additional toilets in the Mada streets and Narayanagiri gardens for the benefit of pilgrims.
Besides this, he asked the officials to ensure that all the display boards in compartments would carry the correct information on the time of darshan.
Laying emphasis on the upcoming back to back Brahmotsavams this year, Mr. Singhal maintained that all works related to the annual event should be completed by August.
SSD token
With respect to the SSD tokens, he urged the officials concerned to give a wide publicity on Aadhaar and voter cards (for the same), saying that the pilgrims should be allowed only in their respective time slots.
Mr. Singhal directed in-charge CVSO Siva Kumar Reddy to carry out inspections in the administrative building and set up fire extinguishers wherever necessary, and instructed the Divisional Forest Officer to complete the greenery works at Vontimitta temple in Kadapa district.
He opined that there was a need to improve the public address system at Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple in Tirupati.
Tirumala JEO K.S. Sreenivasa Raju, FACAO Balaji, CE Chandrasekhar Reddy and others were present.