Officials take up massive clean up programme

Gadwal: The administration took up a massive cleanse up programme in the district to get rid of the plastic litter and collected more than 2,240 quintals of plastic waste packed in 1,003 bags from across all the 12 mandals of the district.

Earlier, the District Collector K Shashank, as part of the 30-day action plan, had directed the authorities to take action against the menace of plastic material at village, mandal and municipality levels across the district and directed all the mandal level authorities to take up the collection of plastic waste and make the district free of plastic menace.

"We have received a great response from the villages; almost all the Grampanchayats in the district have taken part with commitment and dedication and could collect 1,003 bags of plastic waste weighing 2,240 quintals.