TTD extends amenities for pilgrims

For the benefit of pilgrims who board TTD free buses in Tirumala, the public announcement system will be immediately made available to them also, TTD EO Dr D Sambasiva Rao has said. Appearing in the monthly Dial Your EO Programme held at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on Friday, the EO attended to 18 calls by pilgrims from various states. Addressing a pilgrim caller Obulesu Raju from Bengaluru, the EO said the Public Announcement System would be available to free buses with immediate effect. Meanwhile, a total of 56,640 online quota tickets were released by TTD for the month of July 2016. These include Suprabhatam-6426, tomala-120, archana-120, viseshapuja-1497, astadalam-60, nijapadam-1859, kalyanam-11248, unjalseva-3000, arjita brahmotsavam-6450, vasantotsavam-11610 and sahasra deepam-14250 tickets.