Tirumala : The current financial year has been very exciting, as the gold, silver, donations and Srivari Hundi offerings recorded significant growth in Tirumala than the previous years, said TTD EO Anil Kumar Singhal.
Speaking to the media after monthly Dial-Your-EO program, Singhal said when the donations for TTD Trusts and Schemes stood at Rs 91.91crore during 2017-18 (April till August), the donations in 2018-19 jumped to Rs 113.96 crore and in the current year, the total figures in the last five months was Rs 140.46 crore, he added. The EO said the Gold deposits in the form of donations in 2018 from April to August was 344 kg while in 2019 it was 524 Kg. Similarly, silver was 1,128 kg in 2018 and it jumped to 3,098 kg in 2019.
Anil Kumar Singhal also said the negotiations of Tirumala Special Officer AV Dharma Reddy with various banks yielded good results in clearing the coin currency bags which have been lying with TTD since several years. “We are hopeful of clearing all the bags completely by this month end”, he maintained. (NSS)
