Collectors call for plastic-free society

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Tirupati in-charge Municipal Commissioner Sharada Devi, on  with A.P. Greening and Beautification Corporation Chairperson Mannuru Sugunamma, Yadava Corporation Chairman Narasimha Yadav, TTD Board Member Bhanuprakash Reddy, Nayi Brahmin Corporation Chairman Rudrakoti Sadasivam and others, participating successful  an consciousness  rally adjacent   Old Municipal Office successful  Tirupati connected  Saturday.

Tirupati in-charge Municipal Commissioner Sharada Devi, on with A.P. Greening and Beautification Corporation Chairperson Mannuru Sugunamma, Yadava Corporation Chairman Narasimha Yadav, TTD Board Member Bhanuprakash Reddy, Nayi Brahmin Corporation Chairman Rudrakoti Sadasivam and others, participating successful an consciousness rally adjacent Old Municipal Office successful Tirupati connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR

Several consciousness programmes and rallies were held crossed South Coastal Andhra Pradesh connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) arsenic portion of the “Swarna Andhra – Swachh Andhra” (SASA) initiative. Participating successful the events, the Collectors of Prakasam, Markapuram, Nellore, and Tirupati districts called upon the nationalist to debar the usage of single-use integrative successful their regular lives.

Prakasam Collector P. Raja Babu, who participated successful ‘Palle Nidra’ programme astatine Sajjapuram colony successful Santhamaguluru mandal connected Friday nighttime (May 15) and SASA programme organised connected Saturday morning, advised the radical to pb the State connected the way of improvement by reducing the usage of plastic.

Markapuram Collector M. Vijaya Sunitha, on with section MLA Kandula Narayana Reddy and municipal officials, cleaned the surroundings of Ammavari Sala Bazaar successful the district. They urged the nationalist to enactment distant from integrative items and to usage jute bags and insubstantial bags arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

Inaugurating an consciousness rally against integrative astatine VRC Ground successful Nellore city, Collector Himanshu Shukla urged the nationalist to enactment successful gathering a plastic-free society. He said that the single-use integrative poses a hazard of superior biology and wellness problems.

Tirupati Collector Dr. S. Venkateswar participated successful a programme astatine Yerpedu Bus Stand. He said that each national should enactment responsibly to importantly trim the usage of integrative arsenic portion of biology protection. He said that the usage of integrative covers, integrative bags, single-use integrative items, and integrative h2o bottles is highly harmful to the environment.

As a portion of the SASA programme, in-charge Municipal Commissioner Sharada Devi on with A.P. Greening and Beautification Corporation chairperson Mannuru Sugunamma, Yadava Corporation Chairman Narasimha Yadav, TTD Board Member Bhanuprakash Reddy, Nayi Brahmin Corporation Chairman Rudrakoti Sadasivam and others participated successful different rally successful Tirupati.

Published - May 16, 2026 08:33 p.m. IST

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