World Environment Day was celebrated today in the District at Lion Mission Compound community Hall Jowai on the Theme: ‘Only One Earth’.
Thadlaskein BDO D. Blah attended the programme as the chief guest. She reminded the gathering on the importance of Environment Day and called for collective effort of residents to save it and to pledge and do their bit to contribute by planting more trees, keeping the environment clean, to avoid plastic usage instead carry along grocery bags from home, carry along own water bottle and to change the way we decide on how to go about in our daily lives to live in harmony with the environment.
The program was organized by the Meghalaya Basin Management Agency- CLLMP, Jowai in collaboration with the District Administration
The World Environment week was celebrated from June 2. As part of the celebration the office of Meghalaya Basin Management Agency has conducted a series of programs including tree plantation at DC Quarter, Municipal premises, Adventist Training School and Block Development Office, Thadlaskein, around 700 saplings were planted and competitions that includes Essay writing and drawing on the Topic –‘Only One Earth’-Living sustainability in harmony with Nature and Debate on the topic – “Urbanisation- A boon or Bane” 20 schools participated in the competition. The winners were awarded with certificates.
Puramon Kynjing, Daloi Jowai Elaka, Alan Niangti, President Synjuk Waheh Chnong Jowai, teachers, students, officers and staff of MBMA took part in the celebration.
