Dangi, who has been active as a trekking guide for a decade, collected more than a ton of garbage from the trail in a week and handed it over to the park.
A Dolpali youth who single-handedly started a campaign to collect garbage from the 'Phoksundo Trail' located within the Shey-Phoksundo National Park, Nepal's largest in terms of area, has been honored. Subarna Dangi, a youth from Thulibheri Municipality-8 of the district, was honored by the Ministry of Forests and Environment of the federal government on Sunday.
Minister for Forest and Environment Madhav Prasad Chaulagain honored Dangi for his contribution to cleanliness by managing human-generated waste on the Phoksundo Trail, one of Nepal's major tourist destinations.
The honor certificate also mentions that this work of sanitation activist Dangi has made citizens aware of their duty to protect the environment.
Dangi had launched a solo campaign to clean up the garbage piled up on the Phoksundo Trail, which runs from Suligard to Phoksundo Lake.
Dangi, who has been active as a trekking guide for a decade, collected more than a ton of garbage from the trail in a week and handed it over to the park.
He was alone in this campaign with the slogan "Let's keep our heritage clean ourselves".
He believes that since Nepal is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world, the concerned parties should be very responsible for keeping it clean and tidy as these are the tourist heritages that introduce Nepal and Nepalis to the world.
