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TRASH...TRASH...TRASH: Can we be Little Responsible?

I am sick of seeing trash everywhere and worst of all seeing our people throwing trash off their cars. Even worst, seeing people just throwing their thukpa and tea plastic cups below the road and on the road after emptying the contents. What a world we live in? There would be more"EVEN WORST"...worst of all, not caring the cardboards which was used as carpet to keep your butt during the Wangs and other festivals.  If only: -        Our DOMA sellers refrain from being generous with quantity of Lime -        DOMA eaters carry small piece of re-usable cloth to smear excess Lime -        DOMA eaters don’t smear excess Lime on every available poles and pillars -        Usable trash cans were installed at every 50 meters interval in towns -        Someone empties the trash cans twice daily -      ...

Youth Volunteer Walk- Ura to Bumthang

Banner of the Event I received a call on 2nd August 2014 from the organizers if I shall be interested to join the second day of Youth Volunteer Walk. I didn't have a slightest idea of what it is all about, but, whatever said and done i said to myself- "let me join the group and find out what it is all about". So, i started my journey towards Dungmithang (approximately 11 kilometers from Chamkhar-Bumthang) to join the group.  The Youth Volunteer walk was initiated by the Ura Middle Secondary School in Ura, Bumthang on 1st and 2nd August 2014. About 100 students, teachers, police personals and others joined the walk from Ura on the 1st of August. Ura is about 50 kilometers from Chamkhar, Bumthang. The group spent a night at Dungmithang-Bumthang, from where I had an opportunity to take part on the second day of the program.  It was not just a 'walk' but along with the walk the group made awareness on garbage, proper hand washing techniques, better democ...