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An ambitious integrated township projected crossed 20 acres successful Tirupati, conceived to easiness pilgrim question and consolidate civic amenities, was among the large decisions taken by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) astatine its committee gathering connected Tuesday.
The meeting, chaired by Chairman B.R. Naidu, approved the initiation of the readying process and assignment of architects for the township, envisaged arsenic a broad hub that would streamline accommodation, transport access, and indispensable services for the devotees visiting the temple town.
Among the large superior commitments, the gathering cleared the operation of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple successful Mumbai’s Bandra locality astatine an estimated outgo of ₹14.40 crore.
Medical infra
In Tirupati, an further ₹48 crore was sanctioned to upgrade facilities astatine the Sri Padmavati Children’s Heart Centre with state-of-the-art aesculapian infrastructure, reinforcing the TTD’s expanding relation successful healthcare.
The committee besides endorsed the 2nd signifier of redevelopment of Sri Siddheswara Swamy temple astatine Talakona, allocating ₹14.10 crore, portion approving a caller pilgrim accommodation analyzable astatine the Veeranjaneya Swamy temple astatine Kondagattu of Jagtial territory successful Telangana.
A committee of scholars and taste experts was constituted to rename the roads and large junctions successful Tirumala aft Lord Venkateswara, drawn from Srivaishnava lore, Alvar traditions, and Annamacharya’s compositions. A dedicated part would beryllium created to conserve past and historically important structures on the elevation shrine and pedestrian footpath.
Mid-day repast
Education and payment schemes figured prominently successful the meeting. Digital classrooms, surveillance systems, computers and requisite bundle were approved for 31 TTD-run acquisition institutions, alongside further hostel capableness astatine the Sri Padmavati Women’s Degree College. Day scholars astatine SV and SPW inferior colleges would beryllium served mid-day repast connected the lines of the State-run scheme.
The TTD committee further sanctioned recruitment crossed engineering, temple services and potu operations, revised wages upward for 62 priests and work unit specified arsenic archakas, potu workers and prasadam distributors astatine each its affiliated temples, and resolved to proceed TTD-managed roadworthy attraction and thoroughfare lighting successful Tirupati.
