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TTD Board approves Rs 5,258.68 cr budget for 2025-26, announces key decisions

Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh) Mar 24 (UNI) The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board of Trustees has approved a budget of Rs 5,258.68 crore for the financial year 2025-26, announced TTD Chairman BR Naidu.
Speaking to the media at Annamaiah Bhavan, here on Monday after the board meeting, held in the presence of TTD Executive Officer J Syamala Rao, board members, and officials, Naidu outlined several key resolutions.
The board has decided to explore the feasibility of increasing salaries and improving medical care for Potu (kitchen) workers.
Financial assistance has been approved for the reconstruction of temples at Kodangal, Karimnagar, Upamaka, Anakapalle, Kurnool, Dharmavaram, Talakona, and Tirupati (Gangamma temple). In another decision, donation passbooks issued to those who previously supplied organic products to TTD will be cancelled.
Plans are also in place for the reconstruction of select VIP and non-VIP guest houses in Tirumala.
Additionally, the board has decided to withdraw the 20-acre land previously allotted for the establishment of a science city and museum at Alipiri. Unlicensed and unauthorised shops in Tirumala will be identified, and strict action will be taken against them. The board is also considering offering offline darshan to elderly and specially-abled devotees.
Responding to devotees’ requests, the board will examine the feasibility of shifting the Srivari VIP break darshan timing to 0530 hours, as followed earlier.
In a move to benefit TTD employees, six darshan tickets will be granted to their family members through Supatham once every three months. To address the long-standing concerns of contract lecturers, a committee will be formed to resolve the issues of 151 lecturers who have been serving in TTD colleges for the past 25 years.
The formation of a new Agama Salaha Mandali has been approved, and Rs 1 crore has been sanctioned for the development of the Srinivasa Sports Complex in Tirupati.
Before commencing the meeting, the board observed a two-minute silence in memory of renowned singer and TTD Asthana Vidwan Dr Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, who recently passed away.
The meeting was attended by Additional EO Ch Venkaiah Chowdary, JEO Veerabrahmam, and other board members.
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