Vijayawada, Aug. 29 -- With the aim of making Andhra Pradesh a single-use plastic-free state by next year's World Environment Day on June 5, the government has completely banned the use of single-use plastic in the Secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the Andhra Pradesh state, from the 15th of this month.
As part of this process, the RO plant set up to provide safe drinking water in stainless steel and glass bottles instead of plastic drinking water bottles was inaugurated by Chief Secretary K Vijayanand in the 3rd building on Friday.
As part of the ban on single-use plastic, everyone working in the State Secretariat was asked to drink water in steel or glass bottles, and free stainless steel drinking water bottles were distrib...