Archive · 15 Aug 2026
AP government aims for dumping yard-free state, says minister
Every day, people in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh throw away about 7,000 tonnes of trash.
A lot of old trash was also left sitting in big dumps for years.
The state government wants to clean it all up and make Andhra Pradesh free of trash dumps.
A minister named P Narayana visited the city of Rajamahendravaram to check how trash is being cleaned there.
He said the government has already processed nearly 85 lakh tonnes of old trash.
About 156 lakh more tonnes buried underground are being worked on, with a goal to finish by October 2.
The processed trash can be turned into fuel for cement factories.
The government is also building special plants that burn processed waste to make electricity.
More than 100 processing plants are being set up across the state.
Officials also asked people not to throw trash into drains, because that blocks them.
Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana inspected the dumping yard opposite the paper mill in Rajamahendravaram and reviewed solid waste management arrangements.
Around 7,000 tonnes of solid waste is generated every day across Andhra Pradesh, and the state government has sanctioned 107 processing plants to handle it.
The minister said nearly 85 lakh tonnes of legacy waste left by the previous government was processed within a year, with another estimated 156 lakh tonnes to be processed by October 2.
Six waste-to-energy plants are planned at Kadapa, Kurnool, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada and Peddapuram, with the Peddapuram plant due for completion within 15 months.
Rajamahendravaram MLAs urged residents not to dump household waste, plastic and coconut shells into drains and said a permanent solution to the quarry-area compost yard problem was coming.
- Who
- Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and Rajamahendravaram MLAs Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary and Adireddy Srinivas
- What
- A government drive to process daily and legacy solid waste, set up waste processing and waste-to-energy plants, and make Andhra Pradesh a dumping yard-free state
- When
- The inspection took place on a Friday; the article does not specify an exact date
- Where
- Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Why
- To prevent the state's solid waste from accumulating, clear legacy waste left by the previous government, and turn processed waste into fuel for cement factories and electricity
- State
- Andhra Pradesh
- Daily solid waste generated
- Around 7,000 tonnes
- Legacy waste processed in past year
- Nearly 85 lakh tonnes
- Buried legacy waste estimated
- 156 lakh tonnes, targeted for processing by October 2
- Processing plants sanctioned
- 107; 8 inaugurated last month, remaining by end of September
- Planned waste-to-energy plants
- 6 (Kadapa, Kurnool, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada, Peddapuram)
- Use of processed waste
- Refuse-derived fuel supplied to cement factories
- Waste-to-energy plants in China, Japan, Singapore
- About 1,100; about 1,000; 7