TTD Chairman Sri. Bhumana Karunakara Reddy inspected the security arrangements for the devotees coming to Tirumala on the Alipiri footpath at Galigopuram.
He enquired about the security personnel arranged at the front and rear sides of a set of devotees sent upto the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple.
The Chairman also interacted with the TTD vigilance and security sleuths, Gurkha personnel and directed them to keep the devotees on constant alert.
Karunakara Reddy interacted with the devotees and the shopkeepers. TTD has made elaborate arrangements of Annaprasadam, beverages, drinking water to the devotees lined up in the serpentine queue lines since Thursday. Senior officers from Tirupati also deputed to supervise the amenities in different areas from time to time.
Around 2500 Srivari Sevaks are being deployed in different shifts at the Vaikuntham compartments, NG Sheds, outside lines, luggage counters, laddu counters, annaprasadam, reception, kalyanakatta, queue line management inside the temple, chappal stands, etc.
All the officials and heads of various departments are continuously monitoring the pilgrim situation and providing the amenities to the waiting pilgrims.
It is taking nearly 48 hours for the tokenless devotees as on 12noon of Saturday, September 30, to have darshan of Sri Venkateswara Swamy. The Radio and Broadcasting wing of TTD is making continuous announcements in this regard and appealing devotees to plan their pilgrimage accordingly keeping in view the long waiting hours for darshan.
