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The beautification enactment underway connected the engaged Tiruchanur Road successful Tirupati has caused important hardships to devotees visiting the Goddess Padmavati Ammavari temple. The roadworthy is simply a captious way for hundreds of vehicles heading to the temple.
A sojourn to Tirumala-Tirupati is not implicit without offering prayers astatine this temple for the Goddess of prosperity, and arsenic such, pilgrims marque it a portion of their itinerary. The yearly festival astatine this temple is conducted during the auspicious Karthika month, which mostly falls successful November.
On Monday, erstwhile the yearly Brahmotsavams commenced astatine the temple with the hoisting of the ineffable emblem atop the temple emblem post, coincidentally roadworks began nether the Tiruchanur flyover, a captious introduction constituent to the panchayat that hosts the celebrated temple.
The flyover, (Tirupati bypass) runs perpendicular above, starring to Chennai connected 1 broadside and Bengaluru connected the other, portion the vents underneath pb to Tiruchanur and different villages southbound of Tirupati.
As achromatic tar topping works progressed connected the road, 1 of the 2 vents was wholly closed for traffic, forcing vehicles from some directions to crawl astatine a snail’s gait done the azygous vent. The buses had a pugnacious clip negotiating a ‘U’ crook nether the flyover, making the concern adjacent much chaotic.
The Tiruchanur Road is mostly illuminated with invited arches good up of the nine-day festival, but the timing of the tar topping enactment is being wide criticised for being taken up connected the incorrect day.
Even the Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, who offered silk Vastram to the temple connected behalf of the State authorities connected Monday afternoon, was caught successful the block.
When contacted by The Hindu, Superintendent of Police (Tirupati district) L. Subbarayudu acknowledged the pilgrims’ ordeal and added that the closed information would beryllium brought backmost to usage wrong a mates of days. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic) had been instructed to guarantee escaped travel of postulation successful the different vent.
