⚡Tirupati Balaji, India's RIchest Temple, Ousts 1,300 Contractual Workers as Shrine Remains Closed

YV Subba Reddy, the chairperson of temple trust, claimed that the contract with the manpower agency could not be renewed due to the lockdown which is still in effect. The contract expired on April 30, which forced the temple authorities to ask the sanitation staff to vacate the premises by May 1.