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India has done a lot of work in making it a clean India. But are the steps taken by the government enough to make this possible or do we need to make more efforts? Read the article to find out what we are lacking in sustaining sanitation. #ThinkWithNiche
Sustainable
Sanitation, what do you understand by this term. We all must have heard
of the word Sanitation, which describes the safe disposal of human
waste. But what does Sustainability in Sanitation means? The term
includes the process of collecting, transporting, treating, and disposal
of Human Waste.
Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India started The Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti in 2014. The program took
off a great start, people started cleaning their streets and started
maintaining hygiene around them. But soon it ended up being an activity
for Gnadhi Jayanti only.
We often compare India with western countries. We praise them for
maintaining hygiene levels, which leads to better health care services.
But when it comes to our own country, we end up blaming the government
and authorities for everything. But, is it only the Government's
responsibility to keep these measures in check? But as a Citizen, we
also need to take responsibility for this.
When one is told that he is as responsible as anyone else they end up
defending themselves by saying, “Why Am I responsible for this?” Even
when we are clearly aware of the reasons. We need to acknowledge our
mistakes in order to improve them. When we praise other countries, we
forget how people in those countries take it as a responsibility and do
their best to keep their streets, cities and country clean.
Mawlynnong: The Cleanest Village In Asia
In 2003 a village named Mawlynnong in Meghalaya, claimed the title for
the cleanest village in Asia by Discover India. The village has used the
best reforms to keep it clean and eco-friendly. The garbage bins are
made of bamboo and the garbage collected in the bins is used to make
manure. The use of plastic and smoking is banned in the village and
rainwater harvesting is practiced almost by every resident of the
village.
The village has achieved all this with the efforts of its residents
only. If they would have just shrugged off the responsibility to the
next person, the village would not be called the Cleanest Village of
Asia and India. The residents of the village are very serious about
keeping the village clean.
It could be the best example of Sustainability in Sanitation. They
collect the waste and process it to use it in the best way possible. The
process of making manure out of waste is an example of this practice.
Mawlynnong village is the best example of sustainability in sanitation.
There are some things that can be hard to bring into practice but, the
least we can do is try and do our best. We as citizens of India need to
take it as our responsibility to take the initiative ourselves.
Take Responsibility
We need to make sure that the Swachh Bharat Mission does not end up as
an event to hold the broom and take pictures to update our socials, But
to bring it into practice in our daily life. We never hesitate to keep
our house clean, then what is the hesitation to pick up a piece of
garbage and put it in the bin. This may not be a big change, but it’s
still a chance and maybe these small things can lead us towards a clean
India. And we understand that this country belongs to us and it is our
responsibility to keep it clean and maintain it.
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