shillong long swachh bharat abhiyan put spotlight cleanliness small village green hills meghalaya made way life long hailed cleanest village asia mawlynnong facing fallout fame km shillong village deposit close border bangladesh upon entering village one encounters bamboo hut perch gamey appropriately key out sky view one see plains bangladesh fluttering next somewhat place interior people party npp little onwards signs mawlynnong christian legacy preserved church service epiphany anglican church god garden proclaims get on welcoming visitors mawlynnong decent next some other sign listing rules followed magazine put petite village tourism map calling cleanest village asia mawlynnong take epithet khongthohrem one proactive members community responsible making mawlynnong today abide by ancestors started years ago people village completely cut rest domain thought worshipping supreme being would cure diseases order headmaster cni lower primary habits unhealthy led disease even outbreak plague christian missionary got learn people everything hygiene things got better since cleanliness become habit pass every generation village prides cleanliness also ban litter imposed village council mawlynnong gone sustainable several ways dustbins made wicker total associated village common mission benches made bamboo street lit solar cleaners empty waste baskets morning evening charge plate waste carried shillong municipal board says tynsong minister meghalaya democratic alliance legislator pynursla mawlynnong lies says village less households amazed saw conscious villagers whenever anyone right children elders sees litter cream shake off proper place without thought comes course mawlynnong set exemplary standard hamlet accompany footsteps mawlynnong villages as well assay strive cleanliness villages constituency least fresh tynsong renown comes cost connected road people outside area sleep with us lot tourists follow round year says rishot likewise runs several guest houses see park lot morning utterly clean midday tourer buses come leave see plastic disordered around arena many tourists cooperate hold village fair pick recent years village hire cleaners go around day day says salvestar khongrom picking every morsel litter still dry leaves flowers putting wicker basket use donations received tourists pay cleaners proletarian village articulate rishot village economy certainly do good tourism residents engaged agriculture betel nut refinement growing tourist interest lightemitting diode mushroom guest houses shops selling indigenous handcraft keep place clean matter number tourists come rishot adds optimism