Ampati, June 2: As part of the celebration of World Environment Day 2017, the people of South West Garo Hills observed Clean & Green Day throughout the district by conducting cleaning drives and plantation of trees particularly in and around the district headquarters at Ampati on Friday.
Besides carrying out the cleaning drive and tree plantation in schools, market areas, localities and government offices, many of the participants wore green to express their concern for the environment and switched off all electrical appliances in offices and schools for a few hours to save energy.
In the premises of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Ampati a brief meeting was held to mark the Clean & Green Day, where the Deputy Commissioner Cyril V.D. Diengdoh addressed the officials and staff before distributing the saplings to the officers and staff and leading them in the tree plantation.
Besides the school students and the government employees, Ampati Youth Welfare Club, Ampati Women’s Group, the Bazar Committees and other NGOs also participated in the cleaning drive as well as plantation of saplings to mark the Clean & Green Day.
In the run up to the celebration of World Environment Day in Ampati, several competitions have been organized for the school students for the past three days including painting, essay writing, debate, ex-tempore and quiz competitions under the theme “Connecting People with Nature”. The competitions were organized by Basin Development Unit, Ampati in collaboration with District School Education Office, Ampati.
On Monday morning, “Connect with Nature” Run is being organized by the District Sports Office, Ampati, which is open to all and will be flagged off from the Students’ Field at 7 am. This will be followed by a main celebration of World Environment Day at Multi-Facility Centre which is scheduled to start at 11 am.
