Students and parents find it difficult to reach Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 campus on the Chenna Reddy Colony Road in Tirupati, as the strike by the municipal contract workers entered the seventh day on Friday. Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar
Rag-pickers bundle and ferry away the dry garbage at the transit point near Leela Mahal Junction in Tirupati on Wednesday. Photo: K. V. Poornachandra Kumar
The piled up garbage has not been removed in Tirupati for the seventh consecutive day due to the municipal contract workers’ strike. Photo: K. V. Poornachandra Kumar
A woman dumps garbage over an existing pile that has not been removed for the sixth consecutive day near Sri Thyagaraja Mandapam in Tirupati. Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar
Street corners have become breeding grounds for cattle, as the dumped garbage has not been removed for the seventh consecutive day on Friday. A view of the TUDA Park at Kanaka Bhushanam Layout in Tirupati. Photo: K. V. Poornachandra Kumar
The temple city of Tirupati stinks for the seventh consecutive day. The municipal contract workers continue to strike work, even as national leaders are ‘watching’, garbage is strewn all over in front of the Doddapuram Municipal Corporation High School in Tirupati. Photo: K. V. Poornachandra Kumar
A rag picker has a field day by carrying away the cardboard sheets and other forms of dry garbage, as seen on Nethaji Road in Tirupati on Wednesday. Photo: K. V. Poornachandra Kumar
An overflowing garbage bin on Theertha Katta Street in Tirupati stands in the backdrop of a pharmacy outlet. Unhygienic conditions are feared could lead to health complications of denizens. Condition remains unchanged even on the seveth day of agitation. Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar