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Kadapa youngster restores ancient temple pond
The New Indian Express Vijayawada
|June 02, 2025
LOCAL youth and villagers, led by 30-year-old adventure traveller Pippalla Balanagireddy from Gollapalli village in Duvvur mandal, conducted a major clean-up drive on Sunday at the neglected pond (Koneru) of the centuries-old Jalashiva Rama Temple in Idamadaka village, Mydukur constituency in Kadapa district.
Nearly 80 volunteers from Visakhapatnam, Kadapa, Mydukur, Proddatur, and Idamadaka, along with members of the Badi-Gudi organisation, participated in the effort. The team removed heaps of plastic waste, liquor bottles, silt, and other debris over five to six hours.
Balanagireddy had triggered the initiative a week earlier by posting a video highlighting the poor condition of the Koneru.
This story is from the June 02, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vijayawada.
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