Vijayawada, April 20: The Bharatiya Janata Party's NTR District unit conducted a Janata Varadhi programme at the NTR District Collectorate on Monday, receiving petitions from the public on a range of civic and welfare issues, and subsequently submitted a memorandum to the District Collector urging the immediate operationalisation of defunct solid and liquid waste management units across the district.

The programme, organised under the leadership of BJYM NTR District president Sivakrishna Reddy, received petitions from aggrieved citizens on issues including widow pensions, old-age pensions and allotment of house sites. The complaints were duly recorded and forwarded to the concerned officials, with a demand for prompt redressal.

Later, BJP NTR District president Adduri Sriram, along with district general secretaries Ganesh and Govind, submitted a separate petition to the Collector drawing attention to the non-functional state of solid and liquid waste management units across the district. The leaders urged the administration to activate these units without delay, underlining their importance for both environmental protection and public health security. They demanded that the official machinery respond immediately and take necessary remedial measures.

The programme was attended by Yuva Morcha vice-president Jyothirmayi, general secretaries Sai and Chanakya, secretary Sanjay, treasurer Gayatri, mandal presidents Chaitanya, Nagadurga and Sreenu, and party workers Karthik, Yashwini, Harsith and Meghanath, among others.