Narendra Modi launches 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'(Clean India Campaign)

[Green Arrow]

Good gesture from modi, setting up the good example.

 

[Parul]

First ban that bloody Pan, half of the problem would get resolved...... I lived 1 year in north Karnataka, every idiot used to eat pan and spit everywhere..... Disgusting.....When i taken a house for rent the balcony had to be cleaned several times to remove the stains of pan..... the culprit was my land lord!!!!!!

What all would you ban? We have dustbins at Home, but we have habit of throwing waste on Roads, Neighbours House etc... It's a never ending list...

 

[Narashima]

First ban that bloody Pan, half of the problem would get resolved...... I lived 1 year in north Karnataka, every idiot used to eat pan and spit everywhere..... Disgusting.....When i taken a house for rent the balcony had to be cleaned several times to remove the stains of pan..... the culprit was my land lord!!!!!!

why Ban? put taxes on pan, gutkha and tambaku and triple their rate and use that money for clean India.

 

[Biplab Bijay]

Dada, just came back from a Durga Puja pandal. Some faggot spitted paan all over the side of the beautifully decorated exit passage. No body or no movement from government can make these idiots straight. Only kicks and hard slaps can do the trick.

3 states will never change. bengal, bihar and UP. Everything else will change.

 

[janon]

Whether this initiative succeeds in cleaaning India or not, I will say that this is a high priority endeavour. Should have happened long back, but I'm glad it is happening now. The govt plans to build several crores of toilets, which is going to cost above 1 lakh crore rupees - now that may be the best one lakh crore we will ever spend. It is not even to be seen as spending, but as investment - the resulting hygene will lower the burden on our health sector, not to mention keeping our students and working population healthy and productive. Every school should have seperate toilet facilities for boys and girls, every panchayat has to build a toilet block for the residents. The govt can also subsidize home toilets. This will go a long way in health and security, especially for women and children.

That is just one todo item. Like somebody mentioned above, all cities should come up with a waste management and sewer treatment plant. We cannot continue to simply dump all organic waste in landfills, and be done with it. This is one of the reasons our people are so prone to vector borne diseases like flu and malaria and dengue. There should be a good underground sewer system in every large town and city to carry liquid waste to treatment plants, and there should be a system to collect solid garbage and send it to treatment plants. It is better to spend govt money on these initiatives (which will also employ millions of garbage collectors, safai karamcharis etc), than to spend it on dole like free food for all or MNREGA which pays people simply for digging holes and then filling them up.

Modi says he wants a clean India in the next five years. I think that is an overoptimistic goal. But if he can deliver at least 50% of what he promised, it would be one of the biggest accomplishments of any PM in recent times. Him actively campaigning for this initiative, and sweeping roads is a very good move, under the circumstances. Normally I would simply put it down as a photo op. But in this case, PM Modi is using his star power and popularity to get the message across - just like celebrities use their popularity for causes. Images of him and top cabinet ministers sweeping the streets, even if it is a symbolic gesture, will produce tangible benefits. Many people who admire him will make it a priority to clean their surroundings, and equally importantly, that work will not be looked down upon as menial. Safai karamcharis and others involved in the cleaning business will now have a newfound respect and self respect. For too long, society has considered that as a vile profession.

Let us see how this initiative pans out. In five years, hopefully we will see a real difference, although I doubt it would be as remarkable as Modi expects it to be.

 

[Gibbs]

This is really great the premier taking the initiative.. Best of luck

 

[Mattrixx]

This is a good way to clear wastes in no time. It will create awareness among people. Im sure BD will follow the same.

But I know this is of no use if gov doesnt plan for long term waste management policy.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Challenge with Toilets is not going to be monetary but awarness

 

[noksss]

I know that it is just a symbolic gesture but cleanliness of the roads is not the major concern. Most municipalities can do that with a little bit of effort. The main problem that India faces in terms of cleanliness is waste management. That is an area which needs a major change.

Unfortunately modi didnt talked about waste management in his plans . See the below link

With the Prime Minister himself taking up the broom along with his cabinet colleagues, BJP cadres and lakhs of government employees, the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign got off to an energetic start on Thursday. But a look at the jaw-dropping dimensions of the problem makes one wonder whether Modi really has a chance to meet his target to clean up India by 2019?


Here are some sobering stats. Urban India generates about 47 million tons of solid waste (garbage) every year or about 1.3 lakh tons every day, according to a study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). But this is only in cities and towns with a municipal body reporting. Another 30% of urban India lives outside these cities. If you add their garbage, the total would amount to about 68 million tons.

READ ALSO: PM Modi ropes in celebrities for his 'Swachh Bharat' challenge

According to a calculation done by TERI in 1998, the garbage generated till 2011 would cover 2,20,000 football fields piled 9 meters (27 feet) high with garbage.

Increasing amount of garbage generation is to be expected as population and GDP grow. But here's the thing: nearly one third of the garbage is not collected at all - it is just left to rot away in streets and alleys. So, in one year, about 14 million tons of garbage is left to rot in urban India's streets.

The 70% that is collected is taken and dumped either in landfills or just any space available outside the main habitation. Only about 18% of the collected garbage is treated to recycle or make fuel. In other words, about 27 million tons of garbage is collected and dumped out of the city.

READ ALSO: 'Swachh Bharat' initiative — 7 important things that PM Modi said

Since half of Indian garbage is typically organic matter which is compostable, the dumped garbage rots gets blown around and finally decomposes and mixes with the ground. The remaining untreatable part - mainly plastics - can be seen flying around.

What this gigantic mess needs is a plan for collection, segregation, proper dumping and treatment across the country. An estimate of the urban development ministry in 2009 had put the cost for doing this at about Rs.48,582 crore.

The other dimension of sanitation is sewage or wastewater disposal. CPCB estimates that in 2009, 38 billion liters of sewage was generated per day from 498 tier I cities. Installed capacity to treat this giant river of wastewater is 12 billion litres or less than one-third of the requirement. This means the remaining 26 billion liters is getting dumped into our streams and rivers daily, making many of them terminally sick.


In the four metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata - of the 16 billion liters sewage generated per day, only 8 billion liters get treated. In the 410 tier II cities, about 3 billion liters of sewage was generated per day but only a tiny fraction, 0.23 billion liters was treated.

READ ALSO: 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is beyond politics, PM Modi says

While the Modi government is planning to build millions of toilets, there doesn't seem to be any concrete plan or allocation for laying down sewerage networks or treatment plants, though these problems have been mentioned. The urban development ministry had calculated in 2009-10 that it would take Rs. 2.43 lakh crore to build a suitable sewage network covering the whole of urban India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dumps garbage into a bin during the launch of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Valmiki Basti.

About 49% of Indians live in houses with no drains while another 33% live in houses with open drains. Apart from garbage, this is the single biggest source of filth and the primary source of various diseases. The bulk of these people are living in villages which somehow get sidelined in the hype about the need for urban cleanliness.

Clearly, just brooms will not be enough. Building toilets, however laudable a project, will not in itself solve the problem of sewage. Sanitation and hygienic living conditions will need a much larger vision. If the Prime Minister has it, he hasn't unfolded it as yet.

PM Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative: It’ll take more than brooms on ground to clean India - The Times of India

 

[Utkarsh]

Dada, just came back from a Durga Puja pandal. Some faggot spitted paan all over the side of the beautifully decorated exit passage. No body or no movement from government can make these idiots straight. Only kicks and hard slaps can do the trick.

Why did you not deliver that hard slap and kick ? ........ Did you clean it ?

You can always grab a piece of paper and write "do no spit here" and stick it.

Everybody wants to complain, no one wants to do anything about it. I am not targeting you, but point is we need to develop a mindset to be responsible for our surrounding. If no one teaches it to you, time to teach it to ourselves.

 

[scorpionx]

Why did you not deliver that hard slap and kick ? ........ Did you clean it ?

You can always grab a piece of paper and write "do no spit here" and stick it.

Everybody wants to complain, no one wants to do anything about it. I am not targeting you, but point is we need to develop a mindset to be responsible for our surrounding. If no one teaches it to you, time to teach it to ourselves.

You are right. Perhaps I do not have that much of qualities of a good citizen to clean it then and there. But I must have prevented them if it was done in front of me. Strange that even the security guards too could not find the culprits though they were just meters away.

 

[Utkarsh]

You are right. Perhaps I do not have that much of qualities of a good citizen to clean it then and there. But I must have prevented them if it was done in front of me. Strange that even the security guards too could not find the culprits though they were just meters away.

It might be gross to physically clean it, not to mention humiliating and socially awkward.

But putting a placard there that said "do no spit" and "shame Shame " is neither. Its not the difficult either and can be accomplished by spending Rs. 10. That is the point.

 

[scorpionx]

It might be gross to physically clean it, not to mention humiliating and socially awkward.

But putting a placard there that said "do no spit" and "shame Shame " is neither. Its not the difficult either and can be accomplished by spending Rs. 10. That is the point.

The outside of the pandal was filled with "keep the environment clean" and other placards. But it means nothing to such blind people.

 

[Utkarsh]

The outside of the pandal was filled with "keep the environment clean" and other placards. But it means nothing to such blind people.

Write "serial spitter, Shame Shame" on a piece of paper, put a piece of tape on it and stick to these people's back.

Doing anything is better than doing nothing and finding reasons why things don't work.

 

[Nan Yang]

Unfortunately modi didnt talked about waste management in his plans . See the below link

With the Prime Minister himself taking up the broom along with his cabinet colleagues, BJP cadres and lakhs of government employees, the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign got off to an energetic start on Thursday. But a look at the jaw-dropping dimensions of the problem makes one wonder whether Modi really has a chance to meet his target to clean up India by 2019?


Here are some sobering stats. Urban India generates about 47 million tons of solid waste (garbage) every year or about 1.3 lakh tons every day, according to a study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). But this is only in cities and towns with a municipal body reporting. Another 30% of urban India lives outside these cities. If you add their garbage, the total would amount to about 68 million tons.

READ ALSO: PM Modi ropes in celebrities for his 'Swachh Bharat' challenge

According to a calculation done by TERI in 1998, the garbage generated till 2011 would cover 2,20,000 football fields piled 9 meters (27 feet) high with garbage.

Increasing amount of garbage generation is to be expected as population and GDP grow. But here's the thing: nearly one third of the garbage is not collected at all - it is just left to rot away in streets and alleys. So, in one year, about 14 million tons of garbage is left to rot in urban India's streets.

The 70% that is collected is taken and dumped either in landfills or just any space available outside the main habitation. Only about 18% of the collected garbage is treated to recycle or make fuel. In other words, about 27 million tons of garbage is collected and dumped out of the city.

READ ALSO: 'Swachh Bharat' initiative — 7 important things that PM Modi said

Since half of Indian garbage is typically organic matter which is compostable, the dumped garbage rots gets blown around and finally decomposes and mixes with the ground. The remaining untreatable part - mainly plastics - can be seen flying around.

What this gigantic mess needs is a plan for collection, segregation, proper dumping and treatment across the country. An estimate of the urban development ministry in 2009 had put the cost for doing this at about Rs.48,582 crore.

The other dimension of sanitation is sewage or wastewater disposal. CPCB estimates that in 2009, 38 billion liters of sewage was generated per day from 498 tier I cities. Installed capacity to treat this giant river of wastewater is 12 billion litres or less than one-third of the requirement. This means the remaining 26 billion liters is getting dumped into our streams and rivers daily, making many of them terminally sick.


In the four metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata - of the 16 billion liters sewage generated per day, only 8 billion liters get treated. In the 410 tier II cities, about 3 billion liters of sewage was generated per day but only a tiny fraction, 0.23 billion liters was treated.

READ ALSO: 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is beyond politics, PM Modi says

While the Modi government is planning to build millions of toilets, there doesn't seem to be any concrete plan or allocation for laying down sewerage networks or treatment plants, though these problems have been mentioned. The urban development ministry had calculated in 2009-10 that it would take Rs. 2.43 lakh crore to build a suitable sewage network covering the whole of urban India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dumps garbage into a bin during the launch of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Valmiki Basti.

About 49% of Indians live in houses with no drains while another 33% live in houses with open drains. Apart from garbage, this is the single biggest source of filth and the primary source of various diseases. The bulk of these people are living in villages which somehow get sidelined in the hype about the need for urban cleanliness.

Clearly, just brooms will not be enough. Building toilets, however laudable a project, will not in itself solve the problem of sewage. Sanitation and hygienic living conditions will need a much larger vision. If the Prime Minister has it, he hasn't unfolded it as yet.

PM Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative: It’ll take more than brooms on ground to clean India - The Times of India

You need to start somewhere. Starting at the bottom is the right step. The bottle necks will become visible as the problem move up to the next level. Then you fix it one by one.

Even in manufacturing. If you inherit a mess, we start at the bottom by telling the operator to follow instructions. If they hit a problem or bottle neck, just stop production. The problem then become visible. Management will jump when you stop production. Thats how you force people to fix problems.