Prasadam volunteers to wear gloves in Tirupati

Temple officials have been instructed to issue gloves to volunteers to issue laddus to pilgrims, keeping hygiene in mind.

By :  migrator
Update: 2015-11-29 17:34 GMT

Tirupathi

The Tirumala-Tiruapti Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao has instructed officials to issue gloves to volunteers serving laddus to pilgrims, keeping hygiene in mind. Dr Rao said, with the ever floating population in Tirumala, TTD is keen on maintaining and implementing proper sanitation and hygiene. “To avoid spread of contagious diseases, we have commenced serving food in Annaprasadam Complex by the staff and volunteers wearing gloves. Similarly we implement the same in laddu prasadam distribution counters also. Henceforth, the staff in the counters will distribute the laddus to pilgrims wearing gloves”, he added. 

He said some repair works inside potu, including fitting of exhaust fans, some minor civil works have been completed. Even in laddu counters, now pilgrims can take laddus from any counter. For better efficiency and transparency, we have been running eight laddu counters with srivari sevakulu (or volunteers). We want these counters to act as role models for others. In future, we would like to increase the number to 12 counters,” he added. 

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