ITANAGAR, Sep 25: The First Lady of Arunachal Pradesh Neelam Misra called upon the people, particularly the children and youth, to connect themselves with the Swachh Bharat Mission to realize the dream of Mahatma Gandhi. Participating in a Health, Hygiene and Cleanliness programme as part of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign of Raj Bhavan at Government Upper Primary School, Yupia, Neelam Mishra said that children being the future of the nation have special responsibility to keep their classroom, school compound, sector, roads and public places, clean. She emphasised on the three ‘R’, i.e. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and stressed that every citizen must avoid the use of plastic bags. 

Planting a sapling on the occasion, she suggested that every student of the school must plant a sapling to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti making the campus green and also taking care of it individually.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Papum Pare, T. Budung expressed gratitude to Neelam Mishra for reaching out to the Government school children. He said that with her involvement, the message of Swachh Bharat will go far and wide.

Earlier, as part of the programme, hand washing demonstration was presented by an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist).

The First Lady gave away prizes to winners of painting and essay writing competition, which were conducted at the initiative of Raj Bhavan. The topic for painting competition was ‘Swachh Bharat’ and the topic for essay writing competition was ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’. Nguba Manung received the first prize for painting competition, while Rejum Riba and Yullo Bagang received the second and third prizes respectively. Nguba Laruia received the first prize for essay writing competition, while Diganta Deka and Taba Tai received the second and third prizes respectively. Takam Dimen, Uti Kiri and Taba Yami received the consolation prizes.