Devotees Hail TTD's New Accommodation Allotment System

The new system of allotment of accommodation in Tirumala has been receiving lot of appreciation from the visiting pilgrims as the waiting period has come down now.

 

To avoid delay in the allotment of accommodation to pilgrims, TTD decentralized the registration of accommodation during last month. New registration counters at six locations in Tirumala came into force from June 12 onwards. Earlier the registration was being done at CRO alone. The new locations includes GNC Tollgate, Balaji bus stand, Kausthubham Rest House, Rambagicha Rest House, MBC apart from CRO. 

 

The devotees who booked accommodation in on-line through advance reservation have to scan their ARP slips at Alipiri tollgate, Alipiri footpath and Srivarimettu footpath routes. The devotees who prefer to reach Tirumala through road way will get SMS to their registered mobile number in 30 minutes along with the name of the Sub-Enquiry office they have to approach to get their accommodation while those trekking Alipiri footpath in three hours and Srivarimettu in one hour. (However, at present Alipiri footpath route is non-functional as it is under renovation). The pilgrim directly goes to that particular sub-enquiry office, by showing the SMS and gets allotted with the accommodation as per the tariff he had chosen while booking in on-line on availability. In current booking, the devotee gets registered at any one of these registration counters. He gets SMS to his registered mobile number along with the name of the sub-enquiry office where the accommodation is allotted to him. 

 

So far 70148 pilgrims availed the accommodation facility in the last one month since the inception of new allotment system which includes 35418 under ARP and 34730 in current booking at Tirumala.

 

A software Engineer Sri M Satish from Bengaluru expressed immense satisfaction over the new allotment system. Earlier we used to run from pillar to post in search of rooms and wait for hours together at CRO General for accommodation. I came in my own vehicle and by the time I reached Tirumala on the 40th minute, I got allotted with my rest house at Koustubham without any waiting. It is really a welcoming initiative by TTD", he said.

 

Sri Sivaprakasan from Sivakasi of Tamilnadu said, I used to be a regular devotee of Elumalayaan. I had seen the permutations and combinations that took place in the allotment system by TTD management from time to time in the last two decades. But the present system of decentralization of accommodation mulled by TTD is the best move taken for the convenience of the pilgrims. Earlier we used to stand in serpentine queue lines at CRO. But I was allotted with a room at MBC within no time", he expressed.