On record
A flagship flyover jointly funded by the TTD temple trust and municipal corporation blew past its 2-year deadline after TTD's temple-donation income collapsed during COVID-19, starving the project of funds for extended stretches while partially built pillars sat idle.
The official record states: "TTD officials said pandemic lockdowns caused it to lose "huge hundi income and other donations from devotees," forcing sharply reduced fund releases."
“A flyover funded by temple donations, stalled when the devotees stopped coming.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/garuda-varadhi-flyover-works-in-trouble-due-to-funds-crunch-660272
- https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/tirupati-no-momentum-in-garuda-varadhi-works-due-to-funds-crunch-623817
Visitor reviews Satire
“Half-built pillars stood idle for years because the temple hundi went quiet during the lockdown.”
“Six hundred and eighty-four crore of flyover funded largely by devotees, and it moves at the speed of their donations.”
“Two-year schedule, still driving the old road from Tanapalli, still looking up at the same unfinished spans.”