Apart from electricity and Gas based buses to Tirumala, the TTD board is also planning to start a rail from Alipiri to Tirumala.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chairman SV Subba Reddy said they were planning to set up of light metro rail (Metrolite) or monorail between Tirupati to Tirumala.
The idea is to reduce the pollution on the hill shrine. The rail could from Renigunta railway station also.
TTD chairman also said they asked for a report from the MD of Hyderabad Metro Rail NVS Reddy and he would hold discussions with Agama Sastra pandits once the report was reached.
While Communicating to media persons, Subba Reddy told they were not planning on rope-based rails and also added that they would only consider the proposals for the metro, mono, and tram rail-based transport system. He announced the rail proposal would help them to protect the environment on the hillocks.
He had stumbled upon the idea after observing the linkage of a hill with a monorail in Austria. Earlier there was thinking of a ropeway to Tirumala, but the agama pandits have rejected the idea.
Now the idea is being taken up on a fast track. The next board members will also take up the transport on a fast-track basis.
