Tirupati : Enhanced safety measures to be ensured for devotees on Tirumala trek pathway
Tirupati : Enhanced safety measures to be ensured for devotees on Tirumala trek pathway
AV Dharma Reddy, Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) reassured devotees on Monday, stating that comprehensive safety measures have been introduced along the footpath to Tirumala.
Following a meeting with forest officials, he disclosed that the joint committee, led by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and the State chief wildlife warden, submitted a report to the government. This report recommends the implementation of various long and short-term measures to enhance the safety of trekking devotees.
The TTD, which is already implementing several short-term measures, also discussed setting up bio-fencing, aerial walkways, and over and underpasses, besides identifying appropriate locations for construction of buildings.
TTD District Forest Officer (DFO) is directed to address a letter to the Dehradun-based wildlife institute of India to suggest required designs for the same.
In the same vein, Tirupati DFO is urged to provide camera traps, view lines, outposts and set-up required monitoring cells along the footpath with ₹3.75 crore funds which the TTD has already provided to the department.
