The Deputy Commissioner of Senapati, Mamoni Doley, IAS, chaired a follow-up meeting on the Clean Senapati River Campaign today at the DC Conference Hall, Senapati.
The meeting was attended by Rang David Kung, MCS, Additional District Magistrate, Senapati; Adahrii Maheo, MCS, Chief Executive Officer/ADC, Senapati; P.P. Ronald, MCS, Project Director, DRDA, Senapati; Thangkhochon Haokip, MPS, ADSP, Senapati; members of CSOs (NPO, SDWA, SDSA); Karong Senapati Town Committee President and members; Chairmen, Secretaries, and Youth Presidents of all localities and colonies.
The meeting deliberated on the construction of waste collection centres, rationalisation of waste collection routes, requirement of inventory, penalizing disposal of waste into Senapati River, banning Single-Use Plastics (SUPs), and constitution of a task force for the campaign.
During the meeting, Mamoni Doley welcomed the gathering and applauded the efforts of SDOs, CEO/ADC, CSOs, and all participants of the campaign. She highlighted the installation of barricades across the Senapati bridge at major black spots and instructed village Chairmen and Secretaries to notify encroachers to cease construction works along the river. She emphasized that regular inspections will soon be carried out by the task force along with the District Administration. She appealed to village authorities to identify plots of land along roadsides for constructing waste collection centres under MGNREGA for solid waste management and urged all stakeholders to sensitize communities to keep the district clean.
Adahrii Maheo presented the status report of the Clean Senapati River Campaign, stating that the first river cleaning round started during October-November 2024 by the Karong Senapati Town Committee, and around 70 tonnes of garbage were collected over an 8 km stretch between Mt. Everest College parking and Kathikho Karong during the second mass cleanliness drive held in February-March 2025. He also informed that about 70 illegal structures were dismantled during eviction drives carried out jointly by the district administration, police personnel, KSTC, and CSOs. He mentioned that prohibition and sale bans on SUPs have been enforced following the statewide implementation of the Manipur Plastic Policy 2022, with various awareness campaigns conducted across multiple platforms.
Rang David Kung informed the attendees that eviction drives along NH-02 would soon commence and appealed to all to sensitize localities for the removal of illegal structures along the highway.
Panii Ngaonii, SDC, Senapati, also enlightened the gathering with insightful knowledge on Solid Waste Management through a PowerPoint presentation.
