Personnel on the TTD baggage centre in Tirumala scanning the QR code of a bag after it was shipped from Tirupati.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Tuesday launched the ‘Balaji Baggage Administration System’ for fast and hassle-free transportation of devotees’ baggage from Tirupati to Tirumala.
TTD Government Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy on Tuesday stated that the transfer was a part of the TTD’s efforts to automate and digitise baggage administration techniques.
Beneath the system, darshan tickets might be scanned and routinely saved together with the small print of baggage and cell phones. A receipt is generated and offered to the devotees together with a QR code which upon manufacturing at baggage counters allows them fast retrieval of their luggage.
Baggage of devotees, significantly these trekking as much as the city, are transported freed from value by the TTD from Tirupati to Tirumala. Devotees obtain an SMS on arrival of their baggage atop the city.
The brand new system may even deal with the delay in depositing of cell phones on the Vaikuntam complicated earlier than darshan of the deity.
Twenty counters have been arrange at widespread baggage centres, six at GNC, and two at TBC.
Whereas Jose Charles, managing director of Chennai-based M&C Property and Growth Non-public Restricted, donated ₹2 crore, Venugopal V. Kota of Bengaluru contributed ₹1 crore for the challenge.