Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Tirupati Urged to Become Model for Sanitation and Waste Management
Officials in Tirupati want the district to become a leading example of cleanliness and waste management.
P Krishnaiah asked departments to work together and monitor sanitation more closely.
Schools and families will be encouraged to teach children about cleanliness.
Shops using banned single-use plastic may face fines or sealing.
People will be encouraged to use cloth, jute and other environmentally friendly materials.
Officials will study waste-exchange centres in municipalities.
Informal waste collectors may be brought into an organised system.
Rural areas will be encouraged to use vermicomposting.
Large waste producers such as hotels, apartments and colleges must be registered.
The district is also promoting special vehicles and shops to collect dry waste.
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Chairman P Krishnaiah urged officials to make Tirupati district a sanitation and waste-management model.
Officials were directed to intensify inspections and impose strict fines for single-use plastic violations, including sealing shops when necessary.
The plan promotes cloth, jute, leaf-plate and biodegradable alternatives to plastic products.
Authorities will examine waste-exchange centres, organise informal waste collectors and expand vermicomposting in rural areas.
Bulk waste generators must be identified and registered, while dry-waste initiatives such as Swachh Rath vehicles and green shops will be encouraged.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Chairman P Krishnaiah, District Collector Dr S Venkateswar and district officials.
- What
- Officials reviewed and planned stronger sanitation, cleanliness and solid-waste-management measures for Tirupati district.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Where
- The District Collectorate in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To improve sanitation and waste management and develop a model that could serve as an example to the country.
- Meeting focus
- Sanitation, cleanliness and solid waste management
- Chairman
- P Krishnaiah, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board
- District Collector
- Dr S Venkateswar
- Plastic enforcement
- Officials were directed to intensify inspections and impose strict fines for single-use plastic violations.
- Waste exchange centres
- Officials were asked to examine establishing centres in every municipality.
- Rural initiative
- Vermicomposting will be expanded in rural areas.
- Bulk waste generators
- Colleges, apartments, gated communities, hotels and resorts are to be identified and registered.