Srisailam temple management to enforce plastic ban

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Temple enforcement  serviceman  M. Srinivasa Rao, on  with elder  officials, during a gathering  with section  traders and choultry managements connected  implementation of single-use integrative  prohibition  successful  Srisailam, connected  Thursday.

Temple enforcement serviceman M. Srinivasa Rao, on with elder officials, during a gathering with section traders and choultry managements connected implementation of single-use integrative prohibition successful Srisailam, connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: U. SUBRAMANYAM

The absorption of Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple successful Srisailam decided to strictly instrumentality the prohibition connected single-use integrative successful the town. In its renewed efforts to instrumentality the ban, the temple authorities person progressive locals, absorption and section businesspersons by creating consciousness connected single-use integrative ban.

Srisailam temple enforcement serviceman (EO) M. Srinivasa Rao said single-use integrative has been banned successful the temple municipality arsenic a measurement towards preserving situation and protecting chaotic animals. Mr. Srinivasa Rao said meetings were held with the stakeholders progressive successful implementation of the ban, and experts, and they were fixed accusation connected the ill-effects of integrative use, and besides connected the alternatives for plastic.

“The usage of integrative h2o bottles, plates, glasses, spoons, forks, and cups has already been banned successful the temple town,” Mr. Srinivasa Rao said.

Meanwhile, the EO, successful an enactment with the stakeholders, asked the section businesspersons to usage clay, alloy oregon brass bottles for h2o alternatively of integrative bottles. “Carry bags made of paper, jute oregon cloth should beryllium utilized alternatively of plastic. Similarly, integrative plates should beryllium replaced with banana leaves, alloy plates oregon a leafage plate. The managements of assorted choultries and those staying successful them indispensable beryllium made alert of the same,” helium said. He said that much than 30 escaped RO plants had been installed successful the temple municipality for devotees to desist from purchasing integrative h2o bottles.

For amended discarded management, the EO insisted that the choultries, shopkeepers, and hoteliers should support 2 abstracted dustbins — 1 for adust and different for bedewed discarded — mandatorily.

Mr. Srinivasa Rao said that the indiscriminate disposal of integrative was starring to ungraded and groundwater contamination and besides starring to decease of chaotic animals sometimes. The disposal of integrative is clogging drains, starring to unhygienic conditions and dispersed of diseases, helium added.

“The Revenue and Vigilance officials volition beryllium conducting inspections and imposing penalties connected those who usage banned integrative worldly successful the temple town,” helium said.

Published - November 27, 2025 07:48 p.m. IST

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