Cleanliness drive held at Hungpung village
Source: The Sangai Express
Ukhrul, December 13 2022:
A one day cleanliness drive was organised by Women of Hungpung Unit for Social Advancement (WHUSA) in collaboration with Hungpung Public Organization along National Highway 202 in Hungpung village, Ukhrul.
The participants of the cleanliness drive also cleaned the garbage deposited at the dumping site located at Hungpung along the Ukhrul-Imphal Road.
WHUSA and village community have appealed for immediate removal of the dumping site constructed at Hungpung village reasoning that garbage dumping has affected the local environment and contaminated river water due to toxic chemicals produced by burning plastics and other toxic wastes.
Also the close proximity of the site to the village has also proved to be hazardous for village community and the toxic fumes have become a health risk for the villagers,
they pleaded.