Community Parks/Gardens - Inputs on Root Causes
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Swachh Bharat Mission
Community Parks and Gardens – Key Issues
1. No gardener appointed by the corporation to look after the parks
2. Many parks become open garbage dumping areas
3. Parks don’t have lights
4. Even if they have lights, there is no electricity connection in many community parks
5. Lack of walking paths in the parks
6. The uneven tiles or broken tiles on some footpaths cause many accident
7. Parks and gardens get flooded during the rainy season
8. Most community parks don’t have toilets
9. There are no or very few dustbins in most parks and gardens
10. No playing area/equipment for children
11. Cattles gaze in the parks
12. Parks are not cleaned regularly
13. Dog litter is a big concern
14. The land mafia is encroaching upon the parks and gardens
15. Community parks do not have sufficient parking
16. Many parks themselves are converted in car parks
17. Local vendors, hawkers take charge of outside peripheral wall making it a messed up area and get away by paying a monthly amount to the local municipal supervisor. more