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No Commercial Activity Near Tirumala Hills, Says Naidu
The Morning Standard
|March 22, 2025
ANDHRA Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has categorically stated that no commercial activities will be allowed in the vicinity of the sacred Seven Hills.
"We are taking back the allotted site of 35.32 acres from three hotel groups, including Mumtaz Group, and there will be no projects other than that of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) from Zoo Park to Alipiri and Kapila Theertham," he said.
Speaking to the media on Friday, he said those companies would be allotted alternative sites opposite the Zoo Park road. Emaar Group, Mumtaz Hotels and Devlok are the three companies, and we are going to take back the land from them," he said.
This story is from the March 22, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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