Kumarhatti flyover cleanup on Earth Day
On Earth Day, while many organisations issued statements, Earth Healers Foundation showed up with gloves, garbage bags, and a team ready to work.
Overview
The Challenge
The Kumarhatti flyover is a busy stretch of road in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh — a junction point for local traffic, trucks, tourists, and daily commuters. Like many roadsides on well-travelled mountain highways, it had accumulated significant waste over time: plastic bottles, food wrappers, packaging, and general litter discarded by the thousands of people who pass through daily.
No single person or household was responsible for the problem — and so, in the absence of a system, no one took responsibility for solving it either.
What We did
When the Panchayat invited Earth Healers Foundation to take part in the Earth Day cleanup at the Kumarhatti flyover, we accepted immediately. On the day, our team arrived equipped and organised — distributing masks, gloves, and garbage bags to volunteers from the community, and leading a systematic cleanup of the entire flyover area.
The cleanup was accompanied by a public awareness rally — a march along the cleaned stretch in which participants carried banners and engaged with passersby about the importance of not littering, the impact of roadside waste on the mountain ecosystem, and the collective responsibility of everyone who uses a public space to protect it.
The event received positive attention from local residents and media, and helped establish Earth Healers Foundation as a credible and action-oriented environmental organisation in the wider Kumarhatti area.
Impact & Current status
The immediate impact was a visibly cleaner flyover area that served as a demonstration of what is possible with organised community effort. The longer-term impact was the awareness generated among the hundreds of people who witnessed or participated in the event — each of whom carried the message back into their own daily habits and communities.
What's next
Earth Healers Foundation plans to conduct regular cleanup drives at the Kumarhatti flyover and other high-footfall public spaces in the area. We are also in discussions with local authorities about installing permanent waste bins and anti-littering signage at key points along the highway.