Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Campaign)
I admire the astuteness of the honourable prime minister of
India Mr. Narendra Modi in paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary
by announcing Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'
(Clean India Campaign). There cannot be a
better opportunity in starting the campaign and creating a sense of cleanliness
on the occasion. Clean India campaign will not only raise the issue of our
living style but also the way we pollute the society and the environment.
Cleanliness is a mindset which relates to our internal and external
environment. if we do not know how to live clean at home or outside then it
reflects on our personality and thought process. The way dirt makes the
environment dirty the same way living dirty pollutes our personality and
negativity surrounds us. Therefore the clarion call of the Prime Minister is
bound to make a dent on our living style while making the nation clean and
breathable.
However the
campaign of Swachh Bharat (Clean
India) will not be successful in its essence and spirit unless the government
creates a support structure for maintaining the cleanliness and bring necessary
legislations for its enforcement in long term. If necessary steps are not taken
then people will make this campaign one day event and after that they will embark
upon their normal routine of polluting their surroundings from the next day.
Therefore I
will suggest the following steps to be taken by the government to make it effective,
permanent and a way of life. This will not only keep our towns and cities clean
but it will also generate billions of dollar of business for the related
industries.
1. Provide a
garbage box and a blue box for recyclable materials to every household in India
and teach them how to use them for the best result. NGO's can be involved to
educate people,
2. Every
restaurants, eatery and paan shop should have garbage box outside of their
establishment otherwise their license should be cancelled or they should be
forced to shut down their business operation.
3. No hawkers
should be allowed to sell food products on the street without a garbage box and
they should be directed for disposing the same at designated places.
4. Ward
Councillors in every municipality should be responsible in maintaining
cleanliness in their ward. In case of their laxity they should be penalized and
fined for not taking care of their ward. If any cost is incurred in cleaning
their ward then they should be responsible to pay off the cost.
5. Tenders may
be issued for allotment of areas to private companies for collection of garbage
and delivering them to Waste to Energy Plants / Bio-Gas Plants OR Waste to Energy Plants should be
allocated areas for collection of garbage.
6. Tenders may
be also issued to private companies for collection of recyclable materials and
delivering them to recycle plants. 100% cost of garbage boxes and recycle boxes
should be recovered from such tenders.
7. Legislation
should be passed to punish individual households and businesses if they do not
follow the guidelines.
8. Legislation
should be passed to make every business mandatory to keep garbage and recycle
box in or around their premises.
9. People
caught on camera for throwing garbage on the street or public places should be
arrested or fined heavily.
10. Elementary
and middle Schools should introduce courses
related to environment and cleanliness.
Advantages:
1. Recycle
industry will get a shot in the arm and in the process tons of plastics,
papers, wood, metal, glass etc will be recovered for re-use.
2. Electricity
generated from the Waste to Energy Plants will provide energy to thousands of
home.
3. Employment
opportunity to thousands of people in collection and delivery of waste and in
the power plants.
4. Employment
opportunity to thousands of people in the plastic industry for the
manufacturing, and supply of garbage and recycle boxes.
