The ultimate goal of TTD is to provide hygienic, healthy and tasty food to the multitude of visiting pilgrims to Tirumala at affordable and reasonable prices and to reach this objective the Food Safety Department authorities will train the TTD Annaprasadam staff, hoteliers and other vendors on Food Safety measures soon, said TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao.
An awareness meeting to the Big and Janata Canteens in Tirumala with the Food Safety Department authorities was held in the presence of TTD EO at the Conference Hall of Gokulam Rest House on Friday.
The Director of Food Safety Department Sri Purnachandra Rao has given a detailed PowerPoint Presentation on the Food Safety Management System that included the Hygienic and Sanitary practices to be followed in all the restaurants and eateries in Tirumala, Physical-Chemical-Biological Hazards of food spoilage, storing, wastage disposal plan, violation punishments in Food Safety Laws and Acts, training to the hoteliers and workers with Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) which is a large scale training programme that is very much required for the food business operators and many other related topics.
After the PPP, the EO said, all the Big and Janata Canteens operators will be given to revamp their hotel atmosphere as per the Food Safety Standards till August 5. "All the hotels should display the price list of the recipes without fail. After the given time, if any hotel is found violating the norms, serious action will be initiated", he asserted.
The EO also said, the APTDC-run hotels should enhance the hygiene, quality and quantity of their recipes in such a way that they should be role model to other canteens and hotels in Tirumala. He said, very soon even the small hotel operators and vendors will also be trained on food safety methods by the FSD authorities. "Our ultimate goal is to provide hygienic, healthy and tasty food to the multitude of visiting pilgrims to Tirumala at affordable and reasonable prices", he maintained.
JEO Sri Veerabrahmam, DyEO Health Smt Asha Jyothi, Additional HO Dr Sunil Kumar, DyEO PandR Smt Vijayalakshmi, Catering Special Officer Sri GLN Shastry and others participated.
Among others, Sri Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Food Controller and other FSD representatives, APTDC Divisional Manager Sri Giridhar Reddy, Big and Janata Canteens operators in Tirumala were also present.
TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao inspected the Vaikuntham Queue Complex 1 and 2, to verify the various amenities being provided to the waiting pilgrims in the compartments by TTD till their turn for darshan on Friday evening.
As a part of it, the EO visited different compartments and personally interacted with the devotees about the various facilities. He also inspected the Vaikuntham Dispensary and checked the available medicines. The EO also observed the Srivari Sevaks offering milk to the waiting pilgrims in the compartments.
In his inspection, the EO checked the toilets, presence of attenders to open the compartment gates, function of fans, lights, telephones, SVBC programmes being telecasted on the LED screens and the display of pilgrim information about the release timings of compartments and made a few suggestions to the officials concerned.
Along with the EO, CE Sri Nageswara Rao, SE2 Sri Jagadeeshwar Reddy, DE Electrical Sri Ravishankar Reddy, DyEO Temple Sri Lokanatham and other officials were present. Food Safety Department authorities will train the TTD Annaprasadam staff, hoteliters and other vendors on Food Safety measures soon, said TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao.
For the convenience of SRIVANI donors, he examined an SRIVANI Trust darshan ticket issuing counter should be set up temporarily at the Adiseshu rest house next to the donor cell and later set up a permanent structure behind the Gokulam rest house.
Later the EO also inspected temple premises, Tirumala Nambi temple, bio-metric point with the officials.
Sri Andal Ammavari Tiruvadipuram Utsavam will be held from July 29 to August 7 at Tirupati in Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple. As part of this, Thirumanjanam and Asthanam will be performed in the evenings for Sri Andal Ammavaru on these festival days.
On August 7, on the occasion of Sattumora of Sri Andal Ammavaru from 9.30 am to 10.30 am, the Utsava Murthies of Sri Govindaraja Swamy and Sri Andal Ammavaru will be rendered Snapana Tirumanjanam. From 4 pm to 8 pm, the deities will be taken in a procession to Alipiri and a temple court will be held there.
After the special pujas, the procession will return to the temple from Alipiri and Sattumora will be performed in the presence of Sri Andal Ammavaru at 8 pm.
As a part of enhancing the taste of Annaprasadams,
TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao met with Rice Millers, which supplies the rice to TTD.
The meeting was held in the Conference Hall of the Administrative Building in Tirupati on Wednesday.
The representatives of the Rice Millers' Association from AP and TS participated.
The EO asked the Rice Millers Association leads from both states to give specifications that help enhance rice standards during procurement so that the same might be included while inviting tenders.
While suggesting many parameters that enhance the taste of rice, they also brought to the notice of EO that the cooking equipment in Vengamamba Annaprasadam needs an overhaul as they are over a decade and a half old.
The EO said TTD has already contemplated the same and will soon bring changes in the cooking method.
Both the JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, DyEO Annaprasadam Sri Rajendra Kumar, EE Procurement Sri Murali Krishna, Special Catering Officer Sri Sastry, representatives from AP and Telengana Rice Millers' Association were also present.
The Cameras offered by devotees in the Srivari Hundi at Tirumala Temple and other TTD-affiliated temples will be e-auctioned through the state government's procurement portal on August 1.
It includes Nikon, Canon, Kodak and other cameras.
A total of 10 lots of used, partially damaged cameras are being put up for e-auction.
For other details contact TTD Marketing Office, Tirupati at 0877-2264429 during office hours or TTD website at www.tirumala.org or the state government portal at www.konugolu.ap.gov.in
The TTD JEO (Health and Education) Smt Goutami inspected the counters of Slotted Sarva Darshan (SSD), free tokens allotted by TTD for Srivari devotees in Tirupati on Wednesday evening.
On this occasion, the JEO inspected Srinivasam SSD token issuing counters and queue lines.
Later, she examined the allocation of rooms, SSD token counters and queue lines in Vishnu Nivasam also and made several suggestions to the officials concerned.
The JEO was accompanied by TTD CE Sri Nageswara Rao, Transport GM Sri Sesha Reddy, VGO Sri Bali Reddy, EE Sri Krishna Reddy, Deputy EOs Smt. Parvathi, Smt. Bharti and others.
The Birth Anniversary of Maharaja of Mysore was observed with divine fervour with Sri Malayappa flanked by Sridevi and Bhudevi paying a visit to Karnataka Choultries on Wednesday evening in Tirumala.
Popularly known as Pallavotsavam or Tototsavam, this fete occurs on the advent of Uttarabhadra, the birth star of Maharaja of Mysore every year.
Among the ardent devotees of Sri Venkateswara, Maharaja of Mysore occupies a proud place and has made huge contributions to Tirumala temple that includes different Vahanams, Ivory Pallaki and many more.
TTD has been observing this fete every year as a tribute to the largesse contributed by Maharaja of Mysore. Even the Pallavotsavam is also said to be in vogue for the last three centuries.
On the occasion, after Sahasra Deepalankara Seva, the Utsava deities reached Karnataka Choultries, where the descendants of Maharaja of Mysore gave honours and Harati to the deities.
Temple Peishkar Sri Srihari, Padikavali AEO Sri Mohan Raju, Parupattedar Sri Uma Maheswara Reddy and others were present.
The recent measures had yielded results in improving the taste and quality of Srivari Laddus, asserted TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao.
Addressing a media conference at Goluklam Rest House the EO said the contractors were also warned of stringent action for supplying adulterated and low-quality ghee.
He said presently in Tirumala there is no adulteration testing equipment and it is very much needed.
He indicated the hurdles in systems for processing raw materials and ghee through procurement.
He also said a committee of four dairy experts is also constituted comprising of Dr Surendranath, Dr Vijay Bhaskar Reddy, Dr Swarnalatha and Dr Mahadevan who were requested to submit their report within a week.
The committee will also advise on terms and conditions to be included for procuring quality ghee in the tenders.
The EO said the ghee suppliers were directed to supply only quality ghee to TTD and one of the companies which was found supplying adulterated ghee as found in the NABL test report was issued a showcase notice for blacklisting. Another company has also been identified for supplying poor-quality ghee, he maintained.
He cautioned that if the ghee suppliers did not follow the tender conditions and regulations, TTD will take firm action against them.
TTD is organising the Adi Krithika fete at Sri Kapileswara Swamybtemple on July 30.
As part of the festivities, Snapana Tirumanjanam will be performed to Utsava idols of Sri Valli Deva and Sena Sameta Subramanya Swamy in the afternoon.
Later in the evening, Tiru veedhi utsavam is observed to utsava idols on the auspicious occasion.
TTD JEO( Health and Education ) Smt Gautami told the vendors at Tirumala to sell water bottles only at prices set by TTD.
Addressing a meeting with Vendors at the health department office on Tuesday evening in Tirumala she said several pilgrims had complained that vendors were selling water bottles at higher prices and also not accepting the empty bottles on return.
Under the instructions of TTD EO Sri Syamala Rao, she directed all the vendors in Tirumala to sell water bottles for uniform price and also refund pilgrims after accepting empty bottles. At the same time she also instructed the vendors to keep their shop premises clean and hygienic to which they agreed.
Dyeo Health Smt Ashajyoti, Incharge Health Officer Dr Sunil Kumar and health department officials, Tirumala shop keepers and vendors participated.
TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao on Tuesday directed officials concerned to enhance the hygiene and sanitation at Kalyankatta and provide hot water continuously to the pilgrims offering tonsuring.
After the inspection of the main kalyanakatta along with JEO Smt Goutami, the EO directed officials to clean up the tonsured hair, repair broken tiles in bathrooms and avoid inconvenience to the pilgrims
Among others he directed the agency officials to provide qualitative sanitary materials.
Thereafter he also visited Marusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam Complex and interacted with the pilgrims over the taste of Annaprasadam being served to them.
The devotees also expressed satisfaction at the taste of recipes.
SE-2 Sri Jagadeeshwar Reddy, DE( electrical) Sri Ravi Shankar Reddy, EE Sri Jaganmohan Reddy DyEOs Sri Rajendra, Smt Asha Jyoti Incharge health officer Dr Sunil Kumar, AEO( KKC ) Sri Ramakanth, Special Catering Officer Sri Shastry and others were also present.
HH Sri Sri 1008 Sri Sujayanidhi Teertha Swamiji, Peetadhipathi of Sri Sripadaraja Mutt, Mulbagal offered prayers in Sri Vari Temple, Tirumala on Monday morning.
He was received at the Sacred Fig tree located near Old Annaprasadam Complex as per temple traditional honours (Pedda Maryada). Later TTD EO Sri Syamala Rao, JEO Sri Sri Veerabrahmam welcomed the seer, while the archakas took the Pontiff to Bedi Anjaneya Swamy temple with Isthikapal honours.
Temple DyEO Sri Lokanatham, Peishkar Sri Srihari, Parpatheyadar Sri Umamaheswwara Reddy and others were present.
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