Hygiene, Sanitation and Civic Sense – Inputs Required on Solutions
Thank you for taking the time to share issues and root causes related to Hygiene, Sanitation and Civic Sense in India.
These are some of the Root Causes of poor Hygiene, Sanitation and Civic Sense as outlined by you:
1 Shortage of public toilets in rural and urban India
2 No systemic process of garbage collection from households
3 No strict action/ fine against people who spit/ smoke/ urinate/ throw garbage on roads
4 Lack of civic sense among the general public
5 No waste water treatment plants in factories
6 The number of users is too large for the public transport/ hospitals to handle
7 Poor grievance redressal
8 No online method of complaint registration & follow-up
9 Lack of adoption of proper techniques/ design/ thought during maintenance & upkeep of civic infrastructure
10 Lack of proper drainage systems
11 Poor surveillance of roads and streets
12 Total Ignorance of Scientific Facts, like existence of various types of Bacteria and their effects on human health
13 Habits passed on from generation to generation which are ingrained in daily life, as well as upbringing during formative years
14 Unregulated industrial wastes linked to Rivers flowing within a city or township
15 Absence of dustbins on the roads
16 No check over the quality of street side food vendors
If there are some Root Causes missing, kindly post it as a comment to this post. Let us move forward and identify Solutions to these Root causes and what actions need to be taken to improve Hygiene, Sanitation and Civic Sense.
We will then put the whitepaper together and submit it to PMO and all the associated ministries.
Thank you again for your participation.
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party more