Hanging flowers add beauty to Thoubal Keithel
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 20 2013 :
About 500 hanging flower pots have been installed at Thoubal Keithel today as a part of city beautification and cleanliness campaign.
Under the theme 'My city, clean City', the campaign was organised by Thoubal Municipal Council in collaboration with the Great Thoubal, European Manipuri Association, South Korean Manipuri Association and Green Revolution Society, Thoubal .
.TRanjit Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Thoubal and Y.Bijen Singh, Chairperson of Thoubal Municipal Council and N.Gitkumar, Director of MAHUD, Government of Manipur were respectively Chief Guest, President and Guest of Honour of the inaugural function of the campaign which was also attended by Jugindro Akoijamba, Admin II, NE Region, The Great Thoubal; Okram Bishwajit, President of European Manipuri Association and Okram Kenedy Singh, Secretary of Green Revolution Society, Thoubal as Special Guests.
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Addressing the gathering, T.Ranjit Singh, DC, Thoubal, said that awareness on the part of the people is the need of the hour with a view to keep our city neat and clean.
Even if thousands of dust bins were installed in a city, we cannot keep it neat and clean when people lack awareness of being neat and clean.
For bringing a healthy society, living with cleanliness is necessary.
People on earth start experiencing the impact of global climate change now.
The change in climatic condition is the outcome of rampant felling down of trees.
We need to fight climate change with massive afforestation, he exhorted.
.NGitkumar, Director of MAHUD pointed out that with settlement of people in Municipal areas estimated to increase by 50 percent of the total population in the years to come, the role of municipal councils to keep the city neat and clean will also be increased.
Imphal city cannot be kept neat and clean so far as the woman vendors do not extend cooperation.
About 45 Dust bins were installed at Khwairamband Keithel as a measure to keep the city neat and tidy.
But the dust bins have become traceless today.
Women vendors used to complain for not keeping the dust bins near their vendor sites.
Even the police imposed ban on installation of dust bins here in the cilty from security point of view.
Without co-operation from all walks of life, it is not possible to make a garbage free city, he added.