Dring Big Canteens to Devotees Utility Soon - TTD Addl EO

Keeping in view the ongoing summer rush, the TTD Additional Executive Officer Sri Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary instructed the operators of Big Canteens in Tirumala to complete modernization works at the earliest and make them available to devotees as soon as possible. 

He held a meeting with Big Canteen operators on Monday at Sudharma Meeting Hall in Sri Padmavathi Rest House at Tirumala.

Speaking on the occasion, he directed that food items should be sold to devotees only at the prices fixed as per TTD policy. He also instructed that only traditional food items should be sold in hotels and that hotel staff must strictly follow the dress code. 

The Additional EO also emphasized giving top priority to sanitation in hotels and maintaining cleanliness in the surroundings.

Later, he held a meeting with Janata Canteen operators and instructed them to provide food to devotees at affordable prices as per the prescribed norms.

Subsequently, the Additional EO met donors who are constructing rest houses in Tirumala under the Cottage Donor Scheme. He asked them to expedite construction works considering the summer rush and hand over the rest houses to TTD by May 15. 

He also directed that steps be taken to ensure generator facilities in every newly constructed rest house in Tirumala.

TTD JEO (Health & Education) Dr. Sharath, Dy EOs Sri Venkateswarlu, Sri Bhaskar, Sri Somanna Narayana, DE Sri Chandra Sekhar and other officials participated in these meetings.