Morung Express News Dimapur | May 20 The Clean Dimapur Penalty Shootout Tournament was successfully held at the State Stadium, Dimapur on Saturday with 24 teams participating. Torrential rain halted play for about half an hour but despite the water-logged ground conditions, participants remained upbeat and were seen helping organizers drain the penalty area off excess water. In the end, Flying Ducks edged Frontiers to emerge as winners and pocketed Rs. 20000. Runner-up Frontiers was awarded Rs. 10000. Frontiers’ custodian Imsumeren was adjudged the best goalkeeper and was awarded cash prize of Rs. 2000. The tournament also witnessed a Crossbar Challenge with a number of participants successfully hitting the crossbar. However, with about 15 people hitting the crossbar, the Nagaland Motorcycle Club (NMC) and Anglers Association of Nagaland (AAN) – who also took part in the tournament with four and two teams respectively – came to the rescue of the organizers donating the prize money for the Crossbar challenge. A voluntary initiative, the Clean Dimapur Initiative is an outcome of the Facebook Page “Naga Discussion Forum” where a few concerned denizens of Dimapur expressed sadness at the lack of cleanliness. Realizing that people need to take matters into their own hands, a few like-minded people gathered on WhatsApp – a mobile messaging platform – and undertook a cleanliness drive in the main town. For the first drive, empty ghee tins were collected, painted and placed in the main town. Unfortunately it disappeared after a few days. The Clean Dimapur Initiative is however undeterred and aims to fix durable dustbins to iron poles in the second drive.
