As part of the National Himalayan Cleanup Campaign of Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) and Zero Waste Himalayas, in coordination with Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN); CAN Youth & Team Clean Dimapur in partnership with the Department of Forests, Wildlife, Environment and Climate Change, Government of Nagaland conducted a ‘clean-up plastic wastes’ at Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP), Dimapur on Saturday.
The event also saw the participation of Dimasa Students Union Nagaland, Chakhesang Youth Organization Dimapur, Prodigals Home and Cleaning Brothers. Ex-minister Vatsu Meru was also present at the event.
The initiative was more than just the usual cleanup as it involved waste and brand audits under the theme ‘beat plastic’. Around 100 volunteers from all the various organizations turned up for the campaign.
The CAN Youth and Team Clean Dimapur thanked Nagaland Zoological Park director-Obed Swu and all the staff and all the partners of the Himalayan Clean Up Campaign. (Staff Reporter)
Kohima: A team for Kohima# Cleanup Campaign targeted two locations – Sanuorü and the stretch till NBCC Convention Hall and the Local Ground and the adjacent city streets. Around 150 people from various walks of life teamed up for the effort.
According to a press release, initially the campaign started small but was eventually joined in by 15 groups, different organizations representing- Sustainable Development Forum of Nagaland, North East Netwrok, North East Initiative Development Agency, Lighthouse (Union Baptist Church), Chizami Baptist Fellowship, Project 72 Hours, Forest Department, Youth Net, NASTEC, The Coming Generation, Bayavii Youths, Kohima Municipal Council, Climate Change Cell, Nagaland State Disaster Management, Frenwood School and concerned individuals. The clean up began with a prayer pronounced by Visato Yhoshü followed by short words of encouragement and information.
Organizing itself in teams, the team picked, segregated and audited the waste. While the auditing reports are yet to be out, the campaign received much support from individual donors, organizations offering services, manpower and individuals, especially the young who turned up to volunteer.
Mopungchuket: Along with the rest of the 12 mountain states of India, Mopungchuket village under Mokokchung district of Nagaland participated at The Himalayan Cleanup Campaign on May 27, where more than a hundred volunteers participated in the cleanup exercise.
It was initiated by The Greensight Project in collaboration with the youth department of Mopungchuket Baptist Church, volunteers from the Mopungchuket village development board, Mopungchuket Watsü, water and sanitation committee, the Mopungchuket Students’ Union (MSU) and Mopungchuket Village Council (MVC) with several well wishers.
The volunteers picked up litter and trash from all the streets and drainages in the village as well as Mangkolong picnic spot, Süngkotenem Park, Longrangtenem park, community hall premises, community rest house premises, and Jina and Etiben memorial towers. They also collected garbage from all the street bins. The volunteers also collected waste clothes from all the households in the village.
Meanwhile, in tune with the day’s theme “Beat plastic pollution,” only indigenous bamboo cups, plates and flasks were used to serve refreshment to the volunteers.
PHED Mokokchung contributed working gloves for the volunteers. After collecting the waste materials, the volunteers segregated and audited the waste and saved the things that were reusable. The materials to be discarded, which ended up being a large pile, were disposed at Mokokchung municipal council’s dumping site while the reusable ones were stored at the “Resource collection centre.”
It may be mentioned that the resource collection center, which is being temporarily housed at the Mopungchuket VDB multi-purpose building, is a new initiative in the village and a direct outcome of The Himalayan Cleanup, 2018. The volunteers also undertook the pledge ‘A journey towards Zero Waste’ as part of the cleanup day.
Altogether, 1248 Kgs of waste were collected, with clothes and textile wastes forming the major chunk, weighing 864 Kgs.