Bid to stop littering

NONGSTOIN: The District Swachh Bharat Mission (G), West Khasi Hills District will organise a ‘Walk and Pick’ in the district from Mawmaram to Nongshram on Friday.
In its endeavour to stop rampart littering along the National highway (NH44E), the programme will be conducted along with the support of KSU, FKJGP, HANM and HYC.
“The preparation of the biggest campaign of the Swachh Bharat Mission was in full swing,” R.W.Syiemlieh, SDO, PHE Nongstoin Division told media persons here on Wednesday, where volunteers from the above organisations and villages along the national highway will take part with the Swachh Bharat Mission’s team and officers and staffs of PHE, Nongstoin and Mairang Divisions.
He also said the programme will be organised with an objective to create awareness and to instill upon the mind of the people a behavioural change where while travelling along the road and highways, people will avoid littering and take responsibility for disposing the waste they generate.