Liaison Officer appointed to look into Telangana devotees woes at TTD
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Amid row over ignoring the official request letters submitted by devotees from the State in the name of elected representatives and Ministers, Telangana government has granted permission for engaging services of C Ganesh Kumar to work as an Officer on Special Duty on its behalf on contract basis at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. The decision to appoint a Liaison Officer was taken following a series of grievances poured in from devotees complaining that the staff at TTD were not entertaining the request letters given in the name of elected representatives and Ministers to devotees seeking accommodation or darshan. On Friday, Telangana Endowments Minister Konda Surekha exuded confidence that the Andhra Pradesh government would positively look into the problems being faced by devotees from Telangana while visiting Tirumala. She said the Andhra Pradesh government would take a positive initiative to resolve the problems of Telangana devotees, who are visiting Tirumala.