Tirumala: Pilgrims With Kids Allowed Only From 5 am To 2 pm On Ghat Routes

In the wake of the attack by a leopard on a 6-year-old girl, the TTD has taken two important decisions which came into force on Sunday itself.

Movements of leopards have been sighted at five places including three in the stretch from Alipiri to the Galigopuram at the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy (LNS) temple and at the 38th Turning last night. In this connection, the TTD has decided to allow pilgrims with children aged below 15 years to trek on both the footpath routes only from 5 am to 2 pm.

In another important decision, the movements of two-wheelers have also been stalled from 6 pm to 6 am.

TTD Chairman B Karunakara Reddy will hold a high-level meeting with the TTD EO, District Collector and SP at the SP Rest House in Tirupati to discuss more measures to be taken for the safety of the pilgrims in both the footpath routes and the ghat roads, on Monday evening.

The TTD has appealed to the devotees to extend their co-operation in following the guidelines taken by it keeping in view their larger interests till the issue of the wild beasts is resolved.