Use Public Transport on G-Day To Avoid Traffic Congestin in Tirumala - TTD to Devotees

As heavy pilgrim influx is being anticipated for the ensuing annual brahmotsavams especially on the day of Garuda Seva, to avoid traffic woes due to lack of sufficient parking in Tirumala, TTD appealed to the devotees to use the public transportation facility by APSRTC on October 8.

A review meeting with a special focus on the security and transportation arrangements was held by the TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao along with the TTD officials and other departments in the District at the Conference Hall of TTD Administrative Building on Thursday.

The important points of discussion included:

Due to increase in vehicular traffic at Tirumala in the last couple of years, there is a serious dearth of parking places for vehicles. To avoid traffic congestion in Tirumala, APSRTC operates a sufficient number of buses to transport devotees to Tirumala on the day of Garuda Seva. The condition of all the vehicles to be properly checked.

Even the parking slots for two-wheelers and four-wheelers have also been earmarked. At Alipiri Link Bus Stand, Municipal Grounds, Vinayaka Nagar Quarters two-wheelers will be parked while at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School all the four wheelers including private jeeps and cars and at Devalok adjacent to SV Zoo park the private buses will be parked.

Other important issues including bundobust and security, child tagging, shifting of luggage centre opposite Seva Sadan 1 and 2 from the existing Common Command Centre point till the completion of annual brahmotsavams, distribution of Annaprasadam along with the route plan for vehicles transporting Annaprasadam to galleries along the four mada streets, time to time feedback collection, erection of more May I Help You cum Pilgrim Information Centers, cultural troupes, deployment of additional doctors and paramedical staff from SVIMS,  BIRRD, Ruia, sanitation works in Tirumala and also in coordination with TMC in Tirupati were discussed in an elaborate manner.

Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdhary, JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, CVSO Sri Sridhar and other heads of various departments in TTD were present. While from the side of district administration, SP Sri Subbarayudu, Joint Collector Sri Shubham Bansal, TMC Commissioner Smt Mourya, RM APSRTC Sri Chengal Reddy and other officials were also present.