Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Vijayawada Collects 15,000 Kg Puja Waste After Ganesh Immersions
Vijayawada collected about 15,000 kilograms of waste after Ganesh idol immersions.
The waste includes flowers and other puja materials.
Special teams are cleaning the places where the idols are immersed.
Workers are separating different kinds of waste.
Barricades and awareness campaigns are being used to stop people from throwing waste into canals.
Machines remove waste that reaches the water.
Flowers will be turned into incense and dhoop sticks.
Other waste will be processed into organic manure.
The city has asked devotees to give their waste to sanitation workers.
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation collected around 15,000 kg of puja waste from Ganesh immersion points.
Special sanitation teams are collecting and segregating flowers, puja materials and other waste.
Prakasam Barrage has two cranes and 12 sanitation workers assigned for immersion-site management.
Punnami Ghat and Bhavani Ghat each have 10 sanitation workers deployed.
Collected flowers will be used for incense and dhoop sticks, while other waste will become organic manure.
- Who
- The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, led in this effort by municipal commissioner H.M. Dhyanachandra, and its sanitation teams.
- What
- Around 15,000 kg of puja waste was collected and segregated from Ganesh idol immersion sites.
- When
- During the Ganesh idol immersion process; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- Various immersion points in Vijayawada, including Prakasam Barrage, Punnami Ghat and Bhavani Ghat.
- Why
- To maintain cleanliness, prevent waste from entering water bodies, protect the environment and recycle the collected materials.
- Waste collected
- Around 15,000 kg of puja waste
- Responsible civic body
- Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
- Prakasam Barrage deployment
- Two cranes and 12 sanitation workers
- Punnami Ghat deployment
- 10 sanitation workers
- Bhavani Ghat deployment
- 10 sanitation workers
- Flower recycling
- Flowers will be processed into incense sticks and dhoop sticks
- Other waste processing
- Other puja waste will be scientifically processed into organic manure