Students take out anti-drug rally in Tirupati

SVU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Tata Narasinga Rao, TUDA chairman C. (Dollars) Divakar Reddy, and TTD Board member G. Bhanu Prakash Reddy along with students take out an anti-drugs rally near NTR Circle in Tirupati on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR Students staged an anti-drug rally from Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) to NTR Circle in Tirupati on Saturday (August 22, 2026). Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) chairman C. (Dollars) Divakar Reddy, SVU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Tata Narasinga Rao and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board member G. Bhanu Prakash Reddy also participated in the rally.Speaking to the media on the occasion, Mr. Divakar Reddy said, “The rally was taken out with the objective of making Andhra Pradesh a drug-free State and Tirupati a drug-fr