CAN SPITTING HAVE REMEDIES AND SOLUTIONS?


The state government of Delhi should wake up from its long slumber and do something for the city. Enough is enough. We are preparing to host the commonwealth games next October 2010 and the city is not even clean. I live in Civil Lines in Indraprastha College and go for a morning walk to kudasia Garden near Kashmere Gate. Walking on the long stretch of pavement from IP to kudasia Garden, I have observed the whole pavement littred with paan spits all over, early morning it is not a very happy sight , rather it sends a very bad sensation all over.This sight has forced me to think that what should be done?





These are the real pictures taken by me on the road from IP College to Kudasia Garden ..My morning walk assignment
I feel like sending a piece of my mind to Mrs. Sheila Dixit that she should do something about it. I am not suggesting that people should stop eating paan or stop chewing what they like to chew , i have no right to do so, as i believe that every individual ha a freedom to eat , drink and chew , what ever they want, but as a responsible citizen of our society I have the right to live in a clean atmosphere and breathe fresh air. Also I understand and want every one to think that along with rights comes the onus of performing ones duties also.But some of us in the society do only talk and exercise our rights and forget our duties. The new Metro came to our city , it was a revolution for Delhi commuters to get such facility , and imagine in one day it was open to the public it was painted red with Kattha..the red in the Paan..it was a sad sight.

Why cant we leave the walls of the monuments, new buildings,cinema halls, roads and the train compartments free of spits and also free of writing names that 'so and so loves so', making hearts and arrows , it will be better if the so called lovers use some other base to write all this---- like paper, boards and on what ever is write able and present to there loved ones..wont that be a better idea friends then writing on walls. I am mentioning this point in my write up about spitting as i feel the two are somehow interconnectedie spoiling public places.

To remind the citizens of Delhi, who do not leave any stone unturned to ruin the cleanliness of the city some measures and remedies should be taken up by the MCD and other civic bodies in the city.

One remedy which comes to my mind is that there should be open wooden boxes painted green and filled with sand should be placed all over the city where they can be placed with captions in Hindi and English saying 'Sirf yahan thukna mana nahi hai' or ' please spit here only'.also the city can implement some fines for spitting,like there is in Singapore. Recently in September w.e.f from 26 September a fine of Rs 1000 has been implemented in Pune for any one found spitting.

But my concern is that why we all need compulsions, fines , force to do our duties? Why cant we realize it ourselves? But as we are, I think to have a clean environment we should put restrictions and let force be implemented.

MANASVINI M YOGI