As part of the preparations for the upcoming festive season, the Home Department has decided to hold a Mass Social Work with the objective of ensuring cleanliness, enhancing hygiene, and beautification of the public places/areas in the State on November 12.

The Mass Social Work shall be held across the State involving the government employees with the active participation of the general public. The Deputy Commissioners will co-ordinate and take steps for ensuring the full participation of all the Government Departments/Offices and the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for successful conduct of the Mass Social Work. The DCs would also actively reach out for ensuring the maximum participation of the General Public in co-ordination with the Civil Society Organizations and the Village Councils.

During the Mass Social Work, inter alia, the following points would be taken care of:

1. All building materials stacked on the road sides should be immediately removed.
2. Latrines, pig stys discharging their waste on the road side should be removed/ demolished.
3. The shops in the town should have proper signboards with proper lighting at night. The damaged/defaced signages should be redone. The shops and business establishments should also be encouraged to repaint.
4. The Villages on the highways (both National and State) should take responsibility for vegetation clearance on the road stretch in their respective jurisdiction. The NHIDCL/Works & Housing/ Rural Development Departments, as the case may be, shall coordinate and take further steps in this regard and issue separate instructions.

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5. Dividers along the Dimapur -Kohima Highway, will be cleaned by the village authorities under whose jurisdiction the stretches fall.
6. The Dist. Adm. and Agri-allied departments will coordinate for working out aesthetically pleasing with similar design for the vegetable vendor stalls, marketing sheds etc. on the road sides along the highways.

The Urban Development Department in co-ordination with all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) would take steps to: ensure proper sanitation along the roads; ensure that meat shops do not sell meat in an uncovered manner in order to ensure proper hygiene and to prevent contamination by houseflies/insects etc. and initiate a special drive to clean the towns of Plastic Waste.

The Departments of School Education, Higher Education and Technical Education shall issue separate instructions on participation during Mass Social Work.

The DCs shall constitute special teams to conduct surprise checks to ensure that the directions are implemented. Strict action may be initiated against non-participants and appreciation may be provided at the level of the DPDBs for significant contribution during the Mass Social Work