NTR dist selected for Andhra's 1st dumpyard-free pilot project
This project involves the establishment of two exclusive clusters where waste generated daily will be processed on the same day in the district.
Pattabhi Ram stated that in order to make AP a dumpyard-free district, the corporation has selected NTR district for this transformation.
"Excluding Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), two clusters will be created with Jaggayyapet, Nandigama, Kondapalli, and Tiruvuru municipalities, along with 75 major gram panchayats with over 5,000 population.
Here, waste generated on a daily basis will be processed on the same day. The two clusters would be designed in such a way that the villages under the 75 major gram panchayats and areas near Mylavaram, Nuzvid, and Tiruvuru are also covered," Pattabhi Ram said.
He chaired a meeting with Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath (Chinni), Jaggayyapet MLA Sreeram Tataiah, and NTR district collector Dr G Lakshmisha. They discussed the plans to make the district a dumping yard-free district at the district collectorate premises on Tuesday.
Pattabhi Ram said CM Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the first cluster on Swachata Divas on October 2, that marks Gandhi Jayanti.
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