TTD to distribute house sites to its employees in phased manner

TIRUMALA, Dec 26 : The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board, the highest  decision making body of the world famous Venkateswara temple, in its meeting here on Tuesday decided to distribute house sites to TTD employees in a phased manner. TTD will develop house sites after purchasing land from the Government and the employees will pay the cost of development to TTD,  TTD Chief Bhumana Karunakara Reddy told reporters after the board meeting held at Annamaiah  Bhavan here.

Upon the directions of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy house sites are being distributed to all TTD employees, he said the board has decided to take up distribution of house sites to TTD employees in different phases, however in the first phase on December 28, the house sites will be distributed to 3518 employees, he said.

In the Second phase, 1500 employees will be given their house documents in the first week of January 2024 while in the third phase the Tirupati District Collector has been requested to provide 350 acres to facilitate 5000- odd employees / pensioners, Bhumana informed. Measures are underway to give them house sites by February 2024, he added.

Earlier, the TTD Chairman complimented Executive officer AV Dharma Reddy and his  team of officials, employees, Board members for the incident free and successful completion of Vaikuntadwara Darshan on Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi on December 23 and 24 respectively providing hassle free Darshan to both common devotees as well VIPs. (UNI)