With an intention to provide a hygienic environment and qualitative food to the scores of pilgrims visiting Tirumala, TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao has instructed that all eateries including big and small hotels should maintain Two garbage system for waste disposal and set up a Compliant/Suggestion box to get the feedback from the devotees.
A review meeting on the Big and Janata Canteens, APTDC hotels was held at the meeting hall of Sri Padmavathi Rest House in Tirupati on Monday where in the Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdhary, JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam were also present.
The EO instructed that all the Hotels in Tirumala should collect garbage as Wet Waste and Dry Waste and dispose them quite often for maintaining a hygienic environment in their hotel premises.
The Hotels have to display the following guidelines along with the rates of each recipe on the display boards viz. No synthetic colours/banned colours are used in the food items, Tasting salt shall not be recommended for the people below 12 years, Hotel is not given for any sub-lease.
Instructing further he said, the big and Janata Canteens have to display the names of their Hotels inevitably. The hotels have to submit the revised rates to the Revenue section of TTD. “For all canteens in Tirumala, the Food Safety Department will give FoSTaC training after August 5. After that the canteens and eateries will be inspected.
Even the water bottles should not be sold for more than Rs.20. During the inspection if anyone is found violating the prescribed guidelines,stern action will be taken against those who are found guilty”, he asserted.
Later the activities and issues related to the Annaprasadam, Donor Cell and Health departments have also been reviewed.
