Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 07 2010:
Hapta Kangjeibung situated at Konung Mamang where the Sangai Festival was held has become a garbage dump as the litter left after the festival has not been cleared by the concerned authority.
The state tourism department has been organizing the Tourism Festival since some years back in collaboration with other departments of the state government.
Organisers did not arrange any appropriate garbage site during the festival.
They have also not taken any works to clear the litter from the site even after the festival concluded some days back.
This has made the ground resemble a garbage dump.
There were no volunteers during the festival to help the visitors.
Unlike other years, visitors were charged a sum of ' 10 as entrance fee.
During the festival there were only two or three toilets to be seeing inside the campus.
The authority of the ground lies with the DC, Imphal East, and it is his inaction that is responsible for the present garbage dump like situation of the ground.
Moreover, the Manipur Pollution Control Board is not doing anything to clear the litter as of now.