Working on war-footing, dressed immaculately in khakhi and blue, close to 2500 sevadars, both men and women took to the narrow lanes of Mussoorie, armed with brooms, ropes, gloves, face-masks and sacks cleaning each and every nook and corner of the Queen the Hills, on World Environment Day.
Speaking to Newspost, Mussoorie Zonal In-charge Shri Harbhanjan Singh said, “We have been planning this for months now. We wanted to make Mussoorie Plastic Free. For this the town was divided into 6 zones starting from Tehri bus-stand to Library Mussoorie. Our sevadaars and Sant Niranakari Charitable Foundation sevadal members have done a tremendous job in collecting plastic waste not only from the roads but deep gorges along the roads as well.”
If this was not all. The Nirankari group also seen distributing 1000 jute bags to senior citizens, shop-keepers, as well as tourists to spread awareness amongst all about the harmful affects of plastic.
‘Say No To Plastic’ was the motto of the cleanliness drive which also held street plays at prominent landmarks in the town. The gathering also took a community oath in the presence of esteemed Narendar mamaji and Raj mamiji both Executive Members of the Sant Nirankari Mission saying ‘No to Plastic.’
Along with the cleanliness drive, the mission also planted trees along the Nirankari Bhawan in the Camels Back Road. The drive was simultaneously conducted by the Nirankari Mission in three prominent towns of the hill-state of Uttarakhand, namely Rishikesh, Mussoorie and Nainital in one single day.
