NAHARLAGUN, Aug 21:  The Itanagar Municipal Corporation Mayor has urged the denizens of the capital region to join hands to make Itanagar a garbage-free capital by 2022 next.
Participating in the mass cleanliness drive at Ward No.17 organized to commemorate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotshav’, he said awareness on clean, green environment and cleanliness drive will be a regular activity of the IMC but denizens also have to take the responsibility for solving the garbage issue.
“Depending only on IMC and the department will not help, but we all have to take equal responsibility like keeping our surroundings clean, refraining from throwing garbage in nearby streams or highways,” Mayor Tame Phassang said. He further appealed to denizens not to throw garbage in open areas. Keep it in a particular place with proper packaging so that IMC trucks can collect it, if not you can inform your local IMC members for assistance to ensure clearance of garbage by the next morning, he stated.
40 new garbage carrier vehicles will be introduced including 200 ground staff for the IMC, Mayor informed.
Responding to queries, the Mayor also informed that a master plan for the construction of drainage system from Itanagar to Banderdewa has been placed before the state government. Expressing concern over haphazard setting-up of transformers risking human lives, electricity poles, water supply pipelines, Telephone poles and other basic amenities, he informed that it  will be streamlined soon by the IMC.
EE-IMC Tadar Tarang, BJP-ST Morcha members, denizens of Ward No.17, members from the business community participated in the cleanliness drive covering Prem Nagar, TRIHMs,  Daily market, Helipad area and others.

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