Nagaland districts prepare for World Environment Day with sanitation campaigns and plantation drives.
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DIMAPUR — Sanitation and environmental activities are underway across the state in preparation for World Environment Day to be observed on June 5.
The Public Health Engineering Department, Rural Division, launched a Swachh Gaon, Surakshit Jalvayu campaign starting from June 1 for village functionaries.
According to a DIPR report, the campaign, which will run until June 5, commenced on its first day with the sensitisation of gram panchayats and lead facilitators on Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules 2026 and the order of the Supreme Court.
These sensitisation sessions were carried out across four blocks: Dhansiripar, Kuhuboto, Medziphema, and Niuland. Participants were sensitised to comply with the four-way segregation under the new SWM Rules 2026, avoid the usage of single-use plastics, stop the burning of garbage, and mobilise communities to ensure cleanliness and the proper operation and maintenance of SWM assets in their villages.
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Villagers participated in the events, and tree saplings were distributed to the participants to commemorate World Environment Day in their respective villages on June 5.
Meanwhile, in Chozuba, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Zapuno Khatso has informed that a mass social work-cum-plantation drive will be conducted on June 5 from 7 am onwards.
The drive is being organised in commemoration of World Environment Day and as part of monsoon preparedness. In this regard, the ADC has directed all government establishments, educational institutions, business establishments, and villages and towns under the Chozuba circle to participate in the mass social work-cum-plantation drive.