Heaps of plastic waste and other garbage has been collected from the hill top and the surroundings of ‘Vanjangi Hill’ in the last three days, as part of an ongoing cleanliness drive, in Paderu of Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
After closing the tourist hotspot, for about a week (January 2 to 9), for maintenance works ahead of an anticipated rise in tourist arrivals during the Sankranti festive season, the district administration has launched a cleanliness drive. Over 10 trucks of waste has been gathered so far, as per the authorities, which mostly consisted of plastic bottles.
Hundreds of plastic bottles, food covers, cigarette covers, and paper plates were among the waste cleared from the hill top. At the foothill, where camps were set up for tourists to stay, the trash also included a large number of liquor bottles.
