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Do you know where Asia`s cleanest village is? - Read
Mawlynnong has a environmentally conscious village population to alomost zero tolerance for littering and throwing waste.
New Delhi: Have you ever thought that which is the cleanest village in whole of Asia and where is it.
This village is situated in India's Meghalaya and is known as Mawlynnong. Although another hamlet in Assam named Shikdamakha is up for the race and aspires to be India's cleanest.
Mawlynnong has a environmentally conscious village population to alomost zero tolerance for littering and throwing waste.
The residents of the village have come up with innovative ideas to manage waste.
Biodegradable wastage such as leaves are buried and used as manure and other wastage is driven far away from the village and burned.
This beautiful village has houses with clean and green surroundings. The surroundings ensure that the environmental sanctity of the village is maintained.
The residents of this village participate in cleanliness chores from a very young age. People, especially children come to the streets with brooms and then depart to their respective schools which helped in maintaining the cleanliness.