Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu flagged off Swaccha Ratham, used to collect solid waste at Vinukonda in Palnadu district on Saturday.
Participating in the Swacch Andhra-Swarna Andhra programe in Vinukonda, he directed the officials to ensure that door-to-door collection of garbage was taken up in all the villages Palnadu district, by the end of
March.
He visited various stalls set up by different government departments at an exhibition and reviewed the works being done by the officials.
He also visited the chilli and maize processing plants and Bharat Mission Grameen stalls erected by the self help groups. Naidu handed over Rs 100.14 crore cheque to 561 SHGs in the district.