Minister warns action against littering
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 19 2022:
While urging all to help maintain cleanliness in and around Khwairamband Keithel area and refrain from random dumping of garbage in view of the upcoming Sangai Festival, MAHUD minister Yumnam Khemchand has cautioned of taking strict action as per the rules against those found violating the same despite continuous awareness programmes being conducted by the government.
The minister was speaking during a mass awareness cum cleanliness drive organised jointly by BJP Imphal Central Committee and Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) ahead of the Sangai Festival in and around Khwairamband Keithel on Saturday.
Khemchand said in-spite of Khwairamband Keithel being the face of state it is remorseful that shop owners in and around the market are dumping garbage haphazardly, consequently rendering IMC's consistent efforts to clean the market useless.
Urging shop owners to place the garbage properly in front of their shops for collection the next day, the minister said that policies cannot do anything unless one changes his/her mindset towards maintaining cleanliness in their surroundings.
If one continues to ignore this basic civic sense, then there would be no other option to make them understand other than invoking the provisions under relevant acts and rules.
The cleanliness drive was also participated by members of BJP Manipur Pradesh.