Aizawl fans win hearts after title
Aizawl FC’S fairytale I-league win sent the Northeast into a frenzy. But the team’s fans, mostly from Mizoram, won more hearts with their version of ‘swachh mission’.
Soon after the Aizawl Fc-shillong Lajong match ended at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Meghalaya capital Shillong on Sunday, the Mizo fans went about collecting and disposing of the trash left behind by some 23,000 spectators.
Their gesture did not go unnoticed. “Thank you Aizawl football fans for cleaning the trash after the match yesterday at Polo (area where the football stadium is). This speaks volumes of your attitude. We, the rest, should learn from them,” said RG Lyngdoh, former deputy chief minister of Meghalaya. Shillong-based retired IAS officer Toki Blah said: “Please allow me to join in commending the civic spirited fans of Aizawl FC. Thank you for cleaning. Future of Mizoram lies in safe hands.”
Others took to Twitter to acknowledge the fans’ effort. “Salute! Civic sense and sanitation across Mizoram very highly commendable,” said Omar Resilient Shadap. Some, like Marchborn Syiem, said the attitude of the Mizo fans made them fans of Aizawl FC. “Aizawl FC has won the trophy, but the team’s fans won our hearts,” said activist Rongkhang Sarpo Kronjang.
Cleanliness, though, wasn’t on display after Aizawl FC hosted Mohun Bagan on April 22. Some 5,000 fans had left behind a lot of trash in the 1-0 win over Bagan “Maybe the fans did not
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