The police have decided to beef up security in Tirupati and Tirumala on Sunday (Dec 6) in view of the day being observed as a Black Day by some sections of the people (in protest against the demolition of the Babri Masjid on Dec 6,1992).
The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Police Officers Meeting Hall here Saturday, under the leadership of Anantapur Range DIG K Satyanarayana, who suggested several measures to prevent any untoward incident on the day as well as during the forthcoming ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ at Tirumala and the ‘Kartika Brahmotsavam’ at Tiruchanoor here.
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The DIG suggested that bomb disposal squads and dog squads should thoroughly check the pilgrim-passengers as well as the trains at Tirupati and Renigunta railway stations. He also wanted the police officers to make fool-proof security arrangements at Alipiri and Srivari Mettu and also thoroughly check all the pilgrims, their luggages and vehicles. He further said that all the pilgrims entering the temples at Tirumala and Tirupati should be frisked and also checked with metal detectors.Satyanarayana said that any abandoned vehicle should be checked and suspicious persons should be taken into custody. The footages of CCTV cameras at Tirupati Railway station and Bus Stand should be scrutinised, he added.
Tirupati Urban SP Gopinath Jatti, TTD CVSO D Nagendra Kumar, Tirupati (Admn) Additional SP Trimuthulu, Additional SP(Crime) Subbareddy, Tirumala Additional SP Swamy, all the DSPs and CIs of the district attended the review meeting.
Intensifying their vigil, police made extensive searches and inspections in the pilgrim town on Sunday. Notably, senior officials, including Anantapur Range DIG Satyanarayana, Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police Gopinath Jatti, led the inspection from the front at several places. Police led by the two senior officials conducted a cordon and search in the sprawling down town areas of Jeevakona and Satayanarayana puram where police made a house-to-house search, verifying the identity of the residents which went on for several hours in the morning.
Earlier, the two officials, along with a posse of police personnel, inspected various localities in the town from 1 am to 3 am, and again they started from 7 am onwards after taking a break for four hours. The inspection by the officials continued covering various busy and crowded areas like RTC bus station, Railway station etc till 7 pm on Sunday.
night also. At railway station, much to their dismay, the official found the luggage scanner at the entrance remaining non-functional. Police, including SP, during their intense inspection in the railway station, verified the identity cards of many and questioned several to know their antecedent and purpose of visit.
Sources said that the police urged the security personnel in the police station to pull up their socks to ensure round-the-clock vigil in the railway station keeping in view the movement of a large number of people in the local area where thousands of pilgrims daily arrive from various places in the country.
Unconfirmed report said that a person on seeing the police inspection hurriedly left, stirring rumours about the movement of a suspected person in the area.
It may be noted that the intensified police vigil and surveillance would continue in Tirupati and also Tirumala till the completion of the important events, including the nine day annual Karthika Brahmotsavam of Sri Padmavthi Ammavaru, Tiruchanur and also Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi in Tirumala temple which attract multitude of devotees from all over the country.
The gold monetization scheme was launched in a bid to persuade individuals, institutions and rich temples to deposit some of their gold stash with the banks for recycling purpose. This scheme aims to use the gold which is lying unused and reduce the imports which are hurting the Indian economy.
The scheme has only attracted about one kg in a month out of a total hoard of over 20,000 tonnes. Tirupati Temple or Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple could soon come to the rescue of Modi’s plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports.
Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, the finance minister of Andhra Pradesh said, “It’s a good scheme. We have already issued a directive to go for the scheme.”
India is the world’s second-biggest consumer of gold after China and the country’s insatiable appetite meant imports of the precious metal accounted for 28 percent of India’s trade deficit in the year ending March 2013.
Seeking divine blessings, devotees have offered billions of dollars worth of jewellery, bars and coins to temples over the centuries. Most temples are secretive about their stash and their gold is often stored in subterranean vaults.
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Major part of gold stock of Tirupati temple is already deposited in various banks under previous monetization schemes which offer about 1% interest, said D Sambasiva Rao, executive officer of the trust that manages the temple.
“They (temple investment committee) will evaluate and whichever scheme is beneficial we are going to do that,” he said, adding that they can move its entire hoard to Modi’s programme if convinced. Rao said the temple would take a final decision in the next 10-15 days.
The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Police Officers Meeting Hall here Saturday, under the leadership of Anantapur Range DIG K Satyanarayana, who suggested several measures to prevent any untoward incident on the day as well as during the forthcoming ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ at Tirumala and the ‘Kartika Brahmotsavam’ at Tiruchanoor here.
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The DIG suggested that bomb disposal squads and dog squads should thoroughly check the pilgrim-passengers as well as the trains at Tirupati and Renigunta railway stations. He also wanted the police officers to make fool-proof security arrangements at Alipiri and Srivari Mettu and also thoroughly check all the pilgrims, their luggages and vehicles. He further said that all the pilgrims entering the temples at Tirumala and Tirupati should be frisked and also checked with metal detectors.Satyanarayana said that any abandoned vehicle should be checked and suspicious persons should be taken into custody. The footages of CCTV cameras at Tirupati Railway station and Bus Stand should be scrutinised, he added.
Tirupati Urban SP Gopinath Jatti, TTD CVSO D Nagendra Kumar, Tirupati (Admn) Additional SP Trimuthulu, Additional SP(Crime) Subbareddy, Tirumala Additional SP Swamy, all the DSPs and CIs of the district attended the review meeting.
Intensifying their vigil, police made extensive searches and inspections in the pilgrim town on Sunday. Notably, senior officials, including Anantapur Range DIG Satyanarayana, Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police Gopinath Jatti, led the inspection from the front at several places. Police led by the two senior officials conducted a cordon and search in the sprawling down town areas of Jeevakona and Satayanarayana puram where police made a house-to-house search, verifying the identity of the residents which went on for several hours in the morning.
Earlier, the two officials, along with a posse of police personnel, inspected various localities in the town from 1 am to 3 am, and again they started from 7 am onwards after taking a break for four hours. The inspection by the officials continued covering various busy and crowded areas like RTC bus station, Railway station etc till 7 pm on Sunday.
night also. At railway station, much to their dismay, the official found the luggage scanner at the entrance remaining non-functional. Police, including SP, during their intense inspection in the railway station, verified the identity cards of many and questioned several to know their antecedent and purpose of visit.
Sources said that the police urged the security personnel in the police station to pull up their socks to ensure round-the-clock vigil in the railway station keeping in view the movement of a large number of people in the local area where thousands of pilgrims daily arrive from various places in the country.
Unconfirmed report said that a person on seeing the police inspection hurriedly left, stirring rumours about the movement of a suspected person in the area.
It may be noted that the intensified police vigil and surveillance would continue in Tirupati and also Tirumala till the completion of the important events, including the nine day annual Karthika Brahmotsavam of Sri Padmavthi Ammavaru, Tiruchanur and also Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi in Tirumala temple which attract multitude of devotees from all over the country.
The gold monetization scheme was launched in a bid to persuade individuals, institutions and rich temples to deposit some of their gold stash with the banks for recycling purpose. This scheme aims to use the gold which is lying unused and reduce the imports which are hurting the Indian economy.
The scheme has only attracted about one kg in a month out of a total hoard of over 20,000 tonnes. Tirupati Temple or Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple could soon come to the rescue of Modi’s plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports.
Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, the finance minister of Andhra Pradesh said, “It’s a good scheme. We have already issued a directive to go for the scheme.”
India is the world’s second-biggest consumer of gold after China and the country’s insatiable appetite meant imports of the precious metal accounted for 28 percent of India’s trade deficit in the year ending March 2013.
Seeking divine blessings, devotees have offered billions of dollars worth of jewellery, bars and coins to temples over the centuries. Most temples are secretive about their stash and their gold is often stored in subterranean vaults.
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Major part of gold stock of Tirupati temple is already deposited in various banks under previous monetization schemes which offer about 1% interest, said D Sambasiva Rao, executive officer of the trust that manages the temple.
“They (temple investment committee) will evaluate and whichever scheme is beneficial we are going to do that,” he said, adding that they can move its entire hoard to Modi’s programme if convinced. Rao said the temple would take a final decision in the next 10-15 days.
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