Refundable stickers - answer to Golconda’s junk

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 9th May, 2018

Summary:

We have strict orders not to allow any plastic bags or bottles inside the monument. We therefore put stickers on the plastic bottles and charge ?20. The Golconda fort used to have a vault where it used to treasure the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond and Le Bijou du Roi, the Hope diamonds.With rapid urbanization, the country is facing massive waste management challenge. Over 377 million urban people live in 7935 towns and cities and generate 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum. Civic authorities at the fort are hopeful this method will keep a check on littering..