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Dimapur, Oct. 2 (EMN): To mark the conclusion of a year-long celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Eco Club of Brighter Academy School, 7th Mile Model Village, Dimapur, joined the rest of the Eco Clubs across the country to observe the Swachhta Fortnight by organising several activities on October 1 and the 2nd.
The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched throughout the country on October 2, 2014. It has been instrumental in evoking a sense of responsibility among the citizens to keep their environment clean and has turned into a national movement through the participation of the people, an update from the Nagaland Pollution Control Board, a state nodal agency for Eco Clubs, stated on Friday.
It stated that three teachers and 20 students participated in the programme. The activities began with a briefing by Robi Nayak, teacher-in-charge of Eco Club, wherein he highlighted the purpose of Swachh Bharat Mission such as to eliminate open defecation and improving solid waste management (SWM).
During the programme, students were divided into mini-groups for sweeping and mopping of rooms, picking of wrappers, waste bottles and other plastics, toilet cleaning and drainage cleaning.
It added that necessary protocols such as wearing of face masks, proper hand-washing and sanitisation were followed during the course of the programme.