Tirumala Temple Officials Wield Brooms As Cleaners Go On Strike Over Pay
NDTV
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) officials embarked on a cleanliness drive and were joined by the district collector.
The officials at Andhra Pradesh's famous Tirumala temple today wielded brooms instead of pens, a week after nearly a thousand sanitation workers went on a flash strike without notice over alleged pay discrepancy.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) officials embarked on a cleanliness drive and were joined by the district collector.
The temple trust would never yield to such "blackmailing" tactics, said AV Dharma Reddy, Executive Officer (EO) of TTD, which oversees the management of one of the richest temples of the world.
Instead, a cleanliness drive, 'Sundara Tirumala-Suddha Tirumala' (Beautiful Tirumala, Pure Tirumala) will be taken up every month, he said.
