On April 28, at the DC Conference Hall, a follow-up meeting on the ‘Clean Senapati River Campaign’ was convened by Mamoni Doley, IAS, the Deputy Commissioner of Manipur’s Senapati. The establishment of garbage collection centres, streamlining waste collection routes, requiring an inventory, punishing those who dispose of rubbish in the Senapati River, outlawing single-use plastics (SUPs), and forming a task force for river cleanliness were among the main topics covered. DC Mamoni Doley welcomed the crowd and expressed gratitude for the work done by all campaign participants.
She brought attention to the widespread dumping beneath the Senapati bridge and stated that barricades had been put in place to stop the problem in significant dark patches. The DC gave village chairmen and secretaries instructions to stop development along the riverbanks by promptly alerting encroachers. She underlined that the newly formed task group and the district administration will shortly begin conducting routine inspections. In accordance with the MGNREGA rules for Solid Waste Management, she also asked village officials to locate roadside plots for the building of waste collecting centres.
The meeting involved various stakeholders, including Rang David Kung, MCS, Additional District Magistrate, Adahrii Maheo, P.P. Ronald, Thangkhochon Haokip, civil society organizations, Karong Senapati Town Committee members, and locality leaders. Maheo provided an update on the campaign, stating that the initial river cleaning drive began in October-November 2024 and a second mass cleanliness drive in February-March 2025 collected 70 tonnes of garbage. He also mentioned the enforcement of the Manipur Plastic Policy, 2022, and awareness campaigns.
