KOHIMA— Marking the occasion of World Environment Day, hundreds of students from 22 schools and participants from 19 wards of Kohima, took part in cleaning the street along the Old MLA Hostel Junction to Capital Cultural Hall, Kohima on the theme ‘Beat plastic pollution’.
The event was organised by the district administration Kohima in collaboration with Zub Zub India, Nagaland Forest Department, Kohima Smart City development Ltd., and Kohima Municipal Council under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which is a convergence of different departments.
Speaking during the event, deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Shanavas C, stressed on the importance of creating awareness on environmental cleanliness.
It is not one's job to clean somebody else’s mess every day, he said adding that educating others is very important and urged the people to protect public properties.
Kohima is getting warmer each year and temperature is rising due to global warming, and the citizens are contributing to it by polluting the surroundings and environment though the state doesn’t have industries.
Pelenuo, Founder of Züb Züb India, shared the story behind her company. It all started by cleaning the Kohima smart city's kiosk and the waiting shed located opposite Oking Hospital, Kohima with a friend, she shared.
KMC Administrator Lanusenla Longkumer said 2000 kilos of clothes have been collected at the RRR (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) centre Kohima, besides many other items. This indicates that people are buying more than what they need and this needs to be stopped, she said.
The Forest department distributed a sapling each of pine and indigenous cherry to all the participants.