The PHED Zunheboto division in collaboration with Silver Queens Miss Sumi 2022 and Green Club Zunheboto organised a visual cleanliness programme “Swachatta Hi Seva” campaign on September 29. During the programme, Miss Sumi 2022, Hikali Achumi launched their project “The Silver Vision” with the theme “The Silver Vision for a greener progression”.
Speaking at the programme, Hikali Achumi, said that environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and a social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment.
She added that after a healthy deliberation and a number of meetings, they have summed up their concerns to work for their society by incorporating the positive impact of changes brought about by humans on the environment. “We envision a healthier environment for a prosperous tomorrow”, she added.
Sanitation and hygiene consultant PHED Zunheboto, Akai Sumi, while highlighting the “Swachata Hi Seva”, said that it was towards managing the legacy waste at garbage vulnerable sites in the village.
He added that under the campaign it focuses visual cleanliness in village, cleaning of garbage vulnerable sites in the village, community awareness for segregation of waste, keeping the areas near water bodies clean and doing tree plantation around them, generate awareness about the ill effect of single use plastic and slogan writing /pledge taking for “no littering”.
Aims and objectives of the “Silver Vision” includes, reviving the element of beauty in Sumi Land by incorporating eco-friendly means of living in their day-to-day life like upcycling used goods. It aimed at empowering young minds with the right knowledge on recycling and sanitation. To awaken a sense of responsibility and essence of environmental stewardship in the society as top priority for their vision. The project is accompanied by their vision to incorporate practicable means of recycling, sanitation and beautification for a long term. They wish to enunciate the importance of a healthy and sustainable lifestyle during their tenure and after. They aim to utilize the unemployed labour force in the society by creating opportunities through this project. Their goal is to generate employment through the field of recycling.
Inclusive of the above-stated points, they also aim to inculcate the budding talents of the society by involving schools and colleges in their project. They believed that to achieve the goals of sustainability, they must concentrate on the parts/components viz, Inter-school competitions, mural paintings, Police point beautification, flower pots installation, sanitation drive, without losing the focus on the overall objectives of cost, time and quality.
The three silver queens as the initiator as well as the ambassadors of “The Silver Vision for a Greener Progression” project bring forward this big vision which is the North Star of its journey.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025