Hyderabad, March 2 -- After the Tirupati temple administration requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to declare Tirumala a 'No-Fly' zone, Union minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said on Sunday that authorities are in discussions with air traffic controllers to explore alternate flight routes.

"We are trying to talk with the Navigation and Air Traffic Control so that flights can take some alternate paths," Naidu said while speaking to reporters in Hyderabad.

"There have been a lot of requests from religious sites and important sites (for a no-fly zone), so we are trying to see what can be done best," he added.

The Minister clarified that there is no provision for declaring an area as a 'No-Fly' zone.

Earlier in the day, Tirumala Tirup...