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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Mawlynnong in Meghalaya is India's Cleanest Village

 

Mawlynnong is a village in the East Khasi Hills District of the Meghalaya State of India
 
Mawlynnong is famous for its Matrilineal Society( (tracing of descent through the female line - mother's lineage) as well as having been dubbed Asia's cleanest village
As of June 2015 it had 500 residents

Mawlynnong is known for its cleanliness
The waste is collected in the dustbins made of Bamboo, directed to a pit and then used as Manure

The Travel Magazine Discover India declared the village as the cleanest in Asia in 2003, and the cleanest in India in 2005

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