Much ahead of the ban on single-use plastic announced by the government, Tirupati almost eradicated the same nearly four years back.
As part of the Swachh Bharat mission, it was on October 2, 2018 that ban on plastic products was first introduced by the then Collector P.S. Pradyumna. His observation that anything started from the temple city would augur well and be replicated across the country proved true today.
