You may have visited the luxurious destination in the world like Dubai, Singapore. You may have visited the Island Of Gods -Bali, you may have visited the sexiest bachelorette destination Thailand. But do you know there is the cleanest village in India that too with the highest literacy rate of 100 % where you can satiate your craving for living in a peaceful yet serene environment? Now you may be raising your imaginary and thinking – ‘I’ve visited almost every destination in India’. Some of you’re wondering that is the citizen of India, if a place like this existed, then you surely could have heard about that. But, my fellow travel buddies, there are still a few of the places in India which are not in the tourist radar and is unexplored by the mass tourism.
One such place is Mawlynnong located in Meghalaya. Known for its cleanliness, this village is considered the cleanest village of India for all the good reasons. This village got the title of being the cleanest village of Asia in2003 and the cleanest village of India in 2005 by the top rated travel magazineDiscover India and we all couldn’t keep calm.
As per the NPR report, the village got in the limelight in 2017 and the tourismhere is increased by 60%. Now you can raise the idea of Mawlynnong cleanliness. The epitome of cleanliness – Mawlynnong has taken the phrase ‘Cleanliness isnext to Godliness very carefully.
Without wasting much time, let’s discover what you can expect from a trip tothis epitome of cleanliness. Are you ready guys?
A Hidden And Quaint Village In The Heart Of North East
Sandwiched between Shillong and a leisurely drive of 90 km (approx) from India- Bangladesh border is a village name Mawlynnong is located. Around 100 families live in this village. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also visited this village when he initiated the moment “Swach Bharat Abhiyan” and awestruck with its cleanliness.
What Makes Mawlynnong So Damn Awesome?
People of Mawlynnong village stated that the ancestors of their generation used to tell them the importance of cleanliness in their life. And what surprised us is the fact that in this modern era where everyone is busy and nobody has time to think about environment protection, people of this village don’t pass their path until when they see the garbage without dumping it in dustbins. This is really appreciating and we must learn from them this quality.
It is stated by the people of Mawlynnong that if any tourist doesn’t follow this cleanliness initiative, we impose fine on them as a punishment. Not only this, the villagers ask them to throw the garbage in a bin. How amazing is that? Isn’t it?
The people here know the value of everything nature provides us. Therefore, they dump the leaves of trees under the soil and after 1-2 years, it is being converted naturally into manure. Moreover, they don’t waste their eaten food. The food that remains uneaten was delivered to the animals in the jungle.
Sky Touching Literacy Rate
Along with the fact that the people of Mawlynnong take cleanliness their first priority, the literacy rate of this village is sky touching. Almost every child here is up to the mark in terms of literacy rate. You can assume this by the fact that every other person in this village communicates in the English language. That’s so amazing.
We’re really itching to head over to this village and click as many pictures as we possibly can! This one surely is Insta-worthy and we feel it’s a place we need to visit with our family.
