SaveTheHills (STH) activities in May 2018 - The Himalayan Cleanup (26May2018)

Both Earth Day (22April) and World Environment Day (05Jun) had 'PLASTIC POLLUTION' more specifically targeting single use plastics as its theme in 2018 and in keeping with this Darjeeling Himalaya Initiative (DHI) launched its own anti- plastic/awareness campaign right across the Himalayas with the support of the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI).
The idea was to quantify and categorize the humongous quantities of plastic littering our mountains and thereby spread awareness and also make the multinational food/beverage companies sit up and take notice.
At Kalimpong, SaveTheHills (which a part of DHI), along with Dr PT Bhutia, a close friend and with help of the local Forest  authorities also took part in a 2 day effort in this regard. Images of the event are posted below:

Praful Rao
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya