Fifteen Catholic institutions celebrated Earth Day under the banner of the Catholic Religious of India (CRI) at Don Bosco square here today.
Around 150 individuals, including religious sisters and brothers with their hostel students took part in the ecological awareness program with dance and song performance highlighting the importance of caring for Mother Earth and a street play on prevention of littering and deforestation.
Chairman of Laitumkhrah dorbar, P. S. Nongkynrih and Brother Sunil Britto CFC spoke at the event.
The programme culminated with a cleaning drive, where participants split into seven groups and embarked on cleaning initiatives in seven directions. This initiative shed light on the alarming amount of plastic and litter clogging drains and reaffirmed the importance of ongoing environmental awareness and action.
Earlier in the day, similar ecological awareness programs and cleaning drives were organized at Shillong Peak and Mawlai Madan by local religious, highlighting the unwavering commitment of CRI to ecological stewardship.
