TA/DA for Brahmotsavam to make elaborate measures for 9-day festival
Tirupati urban police wing which has planned to draw 3,000 plus cops from across the state for the bandobust duties during the Brahmotsavam has sought a sum of Rs30 lakh from the TTD as TA/DA
Tirumala: Even as the most celebrated Brahmotsavam of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala is less than a week away, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and the police are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the biggest spiritual carnival passes off smoothly without any glitch. The TTD and the Tirupati urban police have held several coordination meetings to see that the nine day long festivities which draw millions of devotees from across the globe besides VVIPs including the state Chief Minister and others is held with utmost pomp and gaiety without any untoward incidents whatsoever.
Such being the significance of the event both in terms of high pilgrim congregation, the district police wing led by Tirupati SP Gopinath Jetty have initiated elaborate measures for the nine-day festivities. According to sources, the Tirupati urban police wing which has planned to draw 3,000 plus cops from across the state for the bandobust duties during the Brahmotsavam has sought a sum of Rs30 lakh from the TTD as TA/DA.
But owing to the decades-long tussle between the TTD vigilance wing and the police over supremacy, some sections in the TTD vigilance wing are strongly opposed the TTD extending TA/DA sought by the police. A senior official of the TTD vigilance wing who did not want to be na-med observed that when the TTD is already ensuring the best of logistics including accommodation, food, vehicles, diesel and pet-rol for the vehicles for the cops who arrive at Tiruma-la for bandobust duties during the Brahmotsavam, the demand for TA/DA is not justifiable.
But on the contrary, sources in the police point out that this is not something out of the way as extending allowances to the cops during the Brahmotsavam is a practice, which has been in vogue since several years.And in line with the practice and the set precedents, the urban police wing has sought a sum of Rs30 lakh towards meeting TA/DA allowances of over 3,000 plus cops who would be taking part in the Brahmotsavam security related duties.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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