It is an accolade that few cities and even fewer temple towns manage to get, but Tirupati did. The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati came in for high praise for its solid waste management from the 16th Finance Commission of the Government of India two days back. A delegation of the Commission visited the Thukivakam plant and learnt of the innovative and productive ways in which the temple town segregates and disposes of solid, wet and construction waste. This is worth taking note of because temple towns are legendary not only for the presiding deity and devotees who flock to them but also for the lack of hygiene, negligible waste management, garbage strewn around, and the polluting and health impact of it all.

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