Neingupe Maru, the constable who has taken the responsibility of cleaning the town in his old van, works tirelessly at his police shift, and then goes around the town to complete the task.

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For the past six days, this 28-year-old employee of Nagaland Police has been voluntarily collecting garbage in Pfutsero, a block headquarter in Phek district located near the state capital, Kohima.
“I was concerned with the large amounts of garbage getting accumulated and was worried it could lead to an outbreak of some disease,” Maru told Hindustan Times.
The town committee of Pfutsero was dissolved in January this year — ahead of the municipal elections that weren’t held due to opposition from Naga tribes against reservation for women. To make matters worse, the lone garbage-collecting vehicle for the town with a population of over 10,371 (2011 census) also broke down two months ago.
With large mounds of garbage at several places becoming an eyesore in Nagaland’s highest town (2,133 metres above sea level), Maru decided to take things into his own hands.
He converted his old Maruti Van into a dumper and started collecting garbage from across town, depositing the pile in the dumping site located several kilometres outside town.

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Maru spends money from his own pocket and is expecting no monetary help from any anyone but expects the God to reward him later. He took up the initiative because he thought so much garbage would cause some disease in the city.
“Sometimes, I clean the streets in the morning and sometimes in evenings depending on my duty hours. It takes 3-4 trips these days to clean the entire town,” he said.