Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 14 2023: As a part of Swachhata Pakhwada, Environment Information Awareness Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme (EIACP) Hub under Directorate of Environment and Climate Change and Manipur State Wetlands Authority along with locals began cleaning of Waithou Pat in Thoubal district on Saturday.
Speaking in this regard, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change development officer and EIACP Hub co-ordinator Dr Laishram Bijen Meitei informed that cleaning of the wetland is done by most of the locals, who collected waste materials such as plastics and bottles and disposed them at proper places.
Pointing out that wetlands are our soul and it should not be kept clean, he continued that the wetland is also a source of livelihood for many people residing near the water body.