Minister flays YSRCP regime for taxing public with out clearing rubbish

The Minister for Municipal Administration and City Growth (MA&UD), Ponguru Narayana, criticized the previous YSR Congress Celebration (YSRCP) regime for going as far as to tax the general public for the rubbish they generated whereas neglecting to clear it.

Chatting with the media after visiting the Ramapuram dump yard on the outskirts of Tirupati on Monday, together with legislators Arani Srinivasulu (Tirupati), Pulivarthi Nani (Chandragiri) and Municipal Company Commissioner N. Mourya, he stated the earlier authorities had left behind rubbish in as many as 123 municipalities throughout the State.

“Now we have cleared 85 lakh tonnes of rubbish within the final one yr, and nonetheless have 68 lakh tonnes on the sub-surface stage, which might be cleared within the subsequent two months,” he stated.

Laying emphasis on energy technology via waste-to-energy fashions to do away with stable waste on a everlasting footing, the Minister introduced the launch of 10 such vegetation in Andhra Pradesh. He recalled that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had inspected related vegetation in Singapore and Tokyo on this regard.

“It was the TDP regime that accomplished the Visakhapatnam and Guntur vegetation, that are presently burning 2,800 tonnes of rubbish a day. The remaining eight have been stalled through the earlier regime,” Mr. Narayana identified.

The launch of comparable vegetation in Kakinada, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada, Kurnool and Kadapa would clear 7,000 tonnes of rubbish in a day within the State, producing important amount of vitality.

Settipalle lands inspected

Mr. Narayana additionally visited the Settipalle lands, which remained embroiled in controversy for many years and have been cleared just lately with the intervention of Tirupati City Growth Authority (TUDA).

Chatting with the media together with TUDA Chairman C. Divakar Reddy and Vice-Chairman R. Govinda Rao, the Minister stated the lands can be accessible to the stakeholders for registration quickly.