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Updated – September 01, 2026 11:19 am IST – MAJULI/BENGALURU
Women in Gobuk, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, gather for the monthly Swachchata Divas, a collection drive where the community brings and segregates its household waste.
| Photo Credit: Further and Beyond Foundation/Special arrangement
On April 30, 2025, Bibhash Bormedhi looked on as a tonne of waste left Majuli on a boat across the Brahmaputra river. This was a first for the world’s largest river island.
“This was the first time the waste from Majuli crossed the Brahmaputra, instead of being dumped into the river,” Mr. Bormedhi, Project Manager at waste management non-profit Sahaas, which led the initiative, said.
On Independence Day 2024, in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang District, villagers from Zemithang Circle sent away 4.4 tonnes of garbage in a lorry. Nestled in the folds of the Himalaya, between 6,900 feet and 8,000 feet high, they had segregated their waste for the first time. The truck made a 390-km journey lasting over 12 hours to scrap dealers in Tezpur, Assam.
