Tawang MLA Namgey Tsering urged the tourism industry stakeholders, including taxi drivers, to cooperate with the police to help curb the increasing problem of drug abuse in the district.
The MLA was addressing the participants at the World Tourism Day celebration at the Tawang monastery premises here on Friday.
He encouraged everyone to maintain cleanliness and practice good behaviour towards tourists visiting Tawang, and requested the monastery authorities to continue their efforts in keeping the premises clean,assuring them of his support in maintaining cleanliness.
He was seen off by local supporters and well-wishers from the Urgelling monastery here.
“This rally coincides with the 37th anniversary of the peaceful protest led by a new generation of Tibetans against the Chinese government in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, on 27 September, 1987,” Tenzin said.