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Kurnool commissioner orders action on illegal dumping and hospital waste collection
Kurnool Municipal Corporation Commissioner Challa Obulesu directed officials to find public dumping spots and discourage residents from leaving rubbish there.
He inspected sanitation work in Gibson Colony, Birla Gate, Krishna Nagar and Chennamma Circle.
He also called for residents to cooperate with the corporation’s door-to-door waste collection system.
At the Anna Canteen in the government hospital, sanitation staff raised difficulties with waste collection.
Obulesu ordered waste collection at the hospital twice daily in response.
He said collection must continue without interruption, including on public holidays.
The KMC is also working to raise awareness about proper waste disposal and ensure regular collection.
Kurnool Municipal Corporation Commissioner Challa Obulesu ordered officials to identify public spaces where garbage is being dumped and raise awareness against indiscriminate disposal.
He directed staff to secure public cooperation with the door-to-door waste collection system.
After sanitation staff reported collection challenges at the government hospital’s Anna Canteen, he ordered waste to be collected twice daily.
He said collection must continue without interruption, including on public holidays.
Obulesu inspected sanitation operations in four Kurnool areas on Monday.
- Who
- Kurnool Municipal Corporation Commissioner Challa Obulesu and municipal officials.
- What
- Obulesu ordered officials to identify illegal dumping sites and promote proper waste disposal. He also ordered twice-daily waste collection at the government hospital.
- When
- Monday; the article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Kurnool, including Gibson Colony, Birla Gate, Krishna Nagar, Chennamma Circle and the government hospital.
- Why
- To discourage indiscriminate dumping, improve public cooperation with door-to-door collection and address hospital sanitation staff’s waste collection challenges.
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Obulesu inspected sanitation operations in Gibson Colony, Birla Gate, Krishna Nagar and Chennamma Circle.
At the Kalluru ward office, he examined equipment recently procured for water supply and repair works.
Sanitation staff raised waste collection challenges at the government hospital’s Anna Canteen, and Obulesu ordered twice-daily collection.
- Commissioner
- Challa Obulesu
- Dumping sites
- Roads, vacant plots and other public spaces
- Hospital collection
- Twice daily
- Collection schedule
- Without interruption, including public holidays
- Inspected areas
- Gibson Colony, Birla Gate, Krishna Nagar and Chennamma Circle