Collector K. Tharpagaraj inspects the removal of around 320 tonnes of wastes that was generated during the Chitra Pournami festival in Tiruvannamalai on Saturday. Tiruvannamalai Corporation Commissioner S. Selva Balaji is also seen.
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Around 320 metric tonnes of waste generated on Chitra Pournami were removed from Tiruvannamalai town during a two-day mass cleaning drive by the Tiruvannamalai Corporation and District Rural Development Agency (DRDA).
Officials of Tiruvannamalai Corporation said that a large workforce of 2,150 sanitary staff, who are mostly women workers, were roped for the exercise, which was completed on Saturday, a day after Chitra Pournami festival.
Published – May 02, 2026 07:46 pm IST
