OUR REPORTER AIZAWL, FEB 04
Lunglei Sanitation Task Force is set to organize celebration of two prizes - ‘Overall Cleanest Town’ and ‘1st Rank for District Headquarter’ of Cleanliness Competition in Urban Mizoram - 2020. The celebration will be held within 17th to 19th February, 2021.
Regarding celebration, the meeting of Lunglei Sanitation Task Force headed by R. Vanrengpuia, Addl Deputy Commissioner, Lunglei was held today. Town area VCs along with Task Force members attended the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Sanitation Task Force Chairman R.Vanrengpuia said it’s great receiving the two highest prizes at once by Lunglei town.
He lauded Nodal Department UP & PA, Local Councils and various NGOs in Lunglei town. He asserted that the people of Lunglei awoke in cleanliness and he asked the people to cooperate in cleanliness.
Member secretary Andrew Lalhruaia, DUDO Lunglei also gave a brief report on the initiative taken in cleanliness. He said that Lunglei is ready to be Open Defecation Free + (ODF+) and the inspection team is awaited, he said. 100% door to door collection of garbage in every household is implemented in Lunglei. Nodal department UD&PA installed more than 600 dustbins in the Commercial area, he said.
Awareness Campaign on cleanliness was being organized in school, college, church and others. More than 200 permanent hoardings are displayed in crowded areas in Lunglei. VC Sanitation Committee is formed in all Village Council in Lunglei town. DUDO Lunglei Andrew Lalhruaia also said that classification of waste will be started in Lunglei from 1st April, 2021.
(Source: The Mizoram Post Vol 18 Issue 237 Aizawl Friday 05 February 2021http://themizorampost.net/page-view?date=05-02-2121&page_no=1 )