Clean and orderly India - A big deal ?

Clean, tidy and orderly India. 

It is time to be ashamed. Why this is still eluding us? Ask anyone and the answer would be that yes we want a clean and tidy India. But the real picture is different. Cities or villages - looks are ugly. Let us accept the fact and we should not deny or make excuses. A lot of work is required to be done. 

1.       Responsibility – First thing first. Why it is so difficult to have the civic sense along with community sense. Cleanliness is the attitude. We should have the mindset of cleanliness and orderliness. Let us not crib about poverty, population or blame government for it. Country belongs to us. If we love our country, we will keep it clean. We have to take responsibility of our neighborhood, localities, villages, cities, states and country. We own the place and responsibility of keeping our place clean is ours. Get committed not to litter or do anything to make surroundings dirty. And also make sure that others around you are not doing so. A complete no to spit / urinate / defecate in open places.  

2.       Priority – Cleanliness has still not got the priority it deserves. Until and unless we actively think about it and keep it top on priority, it will not occur. We are too casual about it. And this has nothing to do with rich / poor, educated / uneducated.  

3.       Think about environment – It not only looks bad, it is bad for environment and health. Environment pollution including air water and noise pollution and diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, hepatitis etc are significantly related to our attitude of cleanliness & orderliness. 

4.       Infrastructure – Some steps that are necessary on priority basis are -     

     -     environment friendly waste disposal
     -     easy accessibility to public toilets & wastebins
     -     proper drainage system 
     -     sensible construction

We cannot be casual anymore. It is time to own responsibility and act. 

Be clean now, India.