Imphal Municipal Council’s cleanliness drive needs to be supported by all for it aims at cleaning Nambul River. The importance of Nambul River need not be stressed again and again. When Imphal is in spate the only river that will drain away flood water is Nambul River. Hence Nambul was included in the list of major rivers of the country. The Union Government shows generosity when the state Government seeks fund for saving Nambul river. The Union Government shows readiness to infuse fund for construction of retaining walls along the course of the river. Under the Brahmaputra project a huge amount of money was spent in the construction of the retaining walls. More will come after the state Government have sent utilisation certificate to the Ministry concerned. Regrettably the water of the river has become unusable as human refuses are dumped into the river by the river side dweller. The human refuses are then taken down by the river for final deposition at the Loktak lake. The lake is now filled by filthy materials that include plastic bags. In the very near future the lake too may vanish unless massive effort is made to deepen the lake. Like other thinking men those in Imphal Municipal council understand that serious attention should be given to removing dirt and garbage from Imphal area and dump at low lying area, which has been identified as dumping site by the Government. The warning that had been sounded by the Municipal council authority against non registration of household and shops with the NGOs engaged in the collection of the refuses from different parts of the state capital indicates that large number of citizens in the state capital are still refusing to register with the NGOs. This is not a good trend. All should come out voluntarily and register with the NGOs. In doing so they can consider themselves a part of the save river water campaign. It is shame we cannot protect the river running in our midst very near our home. Moreover the absence of water bodies in the crowded areas will increase dependence on river water for multiple uses. The drive for enrolment should start from Khwairamband bazaar areas where every shop throws out more refuses than they sell. Dirts pile up in front of shops. Such types of dirts are not to be seen in other metropolitan cities of the country. A lesson can be learnt from them. An official of the council can be sent to such metropolitan cities to learn the art of managing with the dirt. Whatever the case may be why we should wait for someone to dictate on how to throw away the dirts and refuses from our home. Vehicles are running in every lane and by-lane for carrying away the refuses away from your home. They will happily oblige to do the service because they get something out of their humanitarian service. Enrol from today and feel the happiness of being a part of the cleanliness drive. Since the garbage collection campaign was started one or two decades back by the NGOs the Nambul river water has become little bit cleaner even during the dry season. The drive must continue.
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