22 July 2018

Metro News.
Work on salb laying for rail bed in full swing.
Concrete slurry being pourded for slab on which rails will be laid.
CLEAN NAGPUR.
Empty plots and plots without known ownership make for ideal garbage dump for lazy and civic sense lacking people of Nagpur. 
One such plot of latter type is situated behind Anusaya Mangal Karyalaya. Once few tons of garbage is collected,the stench and fear of deceases become overwhelming, the same people who had contributed in creating the situation complain. Corporation JCB machine comes and clears the garbage. One such cleaning was done couple of days back. Within a day garbage has started piling up again. Attached photos speak louder than words.
In Indore of 2015/16 such a sight would have resulted in collective fines on ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS IN LINE OF SIGHT OF THAT SPOT. Such fines have made Indore cleanest city in INDIA, TWO YEARS RUNNING.
ANY thinking on making NAGPUR a clean city ???


19 July 2018

Following sent to Editor The Hitavada. Let us see what happens.
We have just returned from a trip to Indore.
Had heard that Indore is a very clean city. Considering that it was declared number one CLEANEST city in India consecutively for the last two years, calling it a "clean city" is understatement of the century.
In my 76 years of life,minus earliest 5 odd years when I did not know any thing about any thing, I have never seen any city, town, village and what have you, SOOOOOOOO clean, litter & garbage free.
ANOTHER achievement of equal significance, not a SINGLE COW OR ANIMAL OF ANY TYPE on the road hindering traffic or become an accident potential.
It was wonderful experience.
Heightened civic sense is the most welcome fall out of this, 3 to 4 years of "Clean Indore" campaign, is that every resident of that city is justifiably proud of his city. He does not litter or throws around garbage himself, but also checks fellow citizens from doing so.
This magical change was brought about by ruthless enforcement of the rules about fines for littering or throwing garbage. Defaulters were fined ₹ 500 to 1000 for every transgression, without fear or favour.
Simultaneously provisions were made for door to door garbage collection. People quickly learnt the valuable lesson. By the time Indore had won number ONE clean city for the second year it had become a habit. People of Indore want to make it a hat-trick.
WHY OH WHY my Nagpur can not be a clean city. Garbage and 'animals on road' free city.
Will powers be, ruthlessly enforce the rule about fines for littering/garbage disposable to bring about the change.