Project Udvasana: GHMC to hold sacred waste collection drive on November 14 in 12 temples

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will launch the next phase of Project Udvasana, a citywide initiative that combines traditional devotion with environmental responsibility, with a collection drive at 12 designated temples on November 14.

The drive will cover the Shamshabad, Charminar, Rajendra Nagar, Golconda, Secunderabad and Khairatabad municipal zones.

Citizens can deposit sacred waste, including photographs, cracked clay or metal idols, damaged puja frames, and old religious calendars and books, at the designated temples between 8 am and 11 am, a senior GHMC official told Telangana Today.

The GHMC has released a list of identified temples and their locations where sacred waste can be deposited under Project Udvasana.

GHMC Circle-wise Temple Locations

S. No. GHMC Circle Temple Location 1 Badangpet Venu Gopala Swamy Temple 2 Jalpally Mamidipally Hanuman Temple 3 Moosarambagh Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam 4 Malakpet Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, Tirumala Hills (Asmangadh) 5 Chandrayangutta Sri Devi Devalayam 6 Attapur Sri Spathagiri Venkateswara Swamy Devalayam (Hyderguda) 7 Karwan Sri Vishwanjaneya Bhakta Samajam Temple 8 Golconda Seetaramanjaneeya Swamy Devalayam, Ramalayam (Shaikpet and O U Colony) 9 Khairatabad TTD, Himayat Nagar 10 Yousufguda Sri Sai Baba Temple (Kalyan Nagar) 11 Kawadiguda Shree Ramalayam (Jawahar Nagar) 12 Amberpet Mahashivalayam Temple (Kacheguda)