Hygiene and sanitation is a major civic concern which needs to be addressed immediately. What ails the society is not self cleanliness which is in abundance, the cleaning of self and body is embedded in the religious ethos of Indian culture and it is a ritual that is practiced with extremity. In the end India is described as “One of the dirtiest places to live in”.
Having travelled the length and breadth of the country I have come across filths and garbage even in the posh localities with hardly any dissent by the local and blatant neglect by the civic bodies.
The divide of rich and poor differentiates in house sanitation, posh toilets etc, where as the poor use the money which is just adequate for maintaining daily livlihood and in the absence of state machinery dump the garbage outside unashamed, a mirrored image of unique Indian psyche.
Spittoon is the modest way of disposal of spit sitting in nawabi style which has taken a macabre specter and to see the babus spiting into the waste paper basket in the offices and the corners of the stairways are common.
Even Institutions have neglected the hygiene and sanitation, a cost saving measure over other activities. The next cuts were on maintenance of the buildings followed by downgrading of other set standards due to regular reduction in budgetary sanctions. Indeed the state of affairs in all government institutions and organization is pathetic.
The concern of the Health Department, invested with wide ranging powers to arrest such neglects certify recklessly without caring for the health hazard it poses.
Having travelled the length and breadth of the country I have come across filths and garbage even in the posh localities with hardly any dissent by the local and blatant neglect by the civic bodies.
The divide of rich and poor differentiates in house sanitation, posh toilets etc, where as the poor use the money which is just adequate for maintaining daily livlihood and in the absence of state machinery dump the garbage outside unashamed, a mirrored image of unique Indian psyche.
Spittoon is the modest way of disposal of spit sitting in nawabi style which has taken a macabre specter and to see the babus spiting into the waste paper basket in the offices and the corners of the stairways are common.
Even Institutions have neglected the hygiene and sanitation, a cost saving measure over other activities. The next cuts were on maintenance of the buildings followed by downgrading of other set standards due to regular reduction in budgetary sanctions. Indeed the state of affairs in all government institutions and organization is pathetic.
The concern of the Health Department, invested with wide ranging powers to arrest such neglects certify recklessly without caring for the health hazard it poses.
Providing hygiene and sanitation should be the job of the government (the civic bodies) and stringent penalty must be imposed in case the local populace flout the rules or acts that leads to poor hygiene and sanitation being maintained by the state.
Indians are aware of the benefits of good hygiene and sanitation but individual contributions has limited effect unless the government ensures that a common civic code is implemented across the board and that adequate funds are made available with accountability fixed on erring officials. Once such codes are laid the common public flouting civic values should be heavily fined if they endanger the civic ammenities provided and maintained by the state. Till such measures are taken we will remain in the doldrums and endanger the health of the common Indians.
Indians are aware of the benefits of good hygiene and sanitation but individual contributions has limited effect unless the government ensures that a common civic code is implemented across the board and that adequate funds are made available with accountability fixed on erring officials. Once such codes are laid the common public flouting civic values should be heavily fined if they endanger the civic ammenities provided and maintained by the state. Till such measures are taken we will remain in the doldrums and endanger the health of the common Indians.
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