Discussion on clean Guwahati green Guwahati

By our Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, Oct 13: While school children are keen to have a detailed discussion on clean Guwahati green Guwahati, the elders are not.

This came to light today at the ongoing Annwesha Book Festival at Chandmari in the city where the organizer conducted an open discussion among those at the helm of affairs in the State and the city and school children today, but barring Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) commissioner rayan Konwar, no one from the government side attended it. The students were there waiting them.

Senior jourlist Samudra Gupta Kashyap, who was the anchor of the programme and former professor of Gauhati University Anuradha Dutta were  present in the programme. They conducted the discussion.

Konwar said: "We have taken some new steps to make the city clean and green, and are going to launch a helpline toll-free number for the help of the citizens of the city. We are going to collect the garbage from the homes of the people instead of dustbin in a systematic way, and the people also have to help us in this regard."

Dutta said in the discussion: "To make our city clean and green, we have to work together and aware the other people about the usefulness of cleanliness and greenery. India was one of the earliest countries historically and now it transformed to the dirtiest country of the world. We, therefore, have to cooperate to make it sustaible." The discussion was participated by around 200 students from the schools like Mas Valley Vidyamandir, Silpukhuri HS School, Arya Maurya Vidyalaya, Sankardev Academy and Ulubari HS School and others.