Hyderabad: The Director General of Civil Aviation has turned down the AP government’s proposal to declare Tirumala a no-fly zone. Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju has clarified that it is not feasible to declare no-fly zones over pilgrim centres.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandra-babu Naidu had written to Mr Raju, asking that Tirumala be declared a no-fly zone. The TTD had requested the state government for the same after two recent incidents of planes flying over Tirumala, affecting the sentiments of devotees.
The state government in its letter had informed the Centre that as per Agama Shastra, it was inauspicious to fly over Tirumala. However, the civil aviation minister wrote back that the ministry had also got no-fly requests from Sriha-rikota SHAR, Mahendr-agiri Space Centre in TN, Taj Mahal in Agra, Ayodhya in UP, Sabarim-ala in Kerala and the Golden Temple Trust in Punjab, and all the proposals had been turned down.
17/06/16 Deccan Chronicle
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandra-babu Naidu had written to Mr Raju, asking that Tirumala be declared a no-fly zone. The TTD had requested the state government for the same after two recent incidents of planes flying over Tirumala, affecting the sentiments of devotees.
The state government in its letter had informed the Centre that as per Agama Shastra, it was inauspicious to fly over Tirumala. However, the civil aviation minister wrote back that the ministry had also got no-fly requests from Sriha-rikota SHAR, Mahendr-agiri Space Centre in TN, Taj Mahal in Agra, Ayodhya in UP, Sabarim-ala in Kerala and the Golden Temple Trust in Punjab, and all the proposals had been turned down.
17/06/16 Deccan Chronicle
