NOW "BHARATH" HAS GREAT P.M./BRAND AMBASSADOR/GREAT CITIZEN/GREAT COUNTRY LOVER WHO IS OUR "GOLDEN - DIMOND" ICON LEADING OUR COUNTRY INTO NEW DIMENSION/NEW SCOPE/NEW VISION - WE MUST BE PART OF HIS VOICE AND DO'S. G.SRIKANTH GOUD, ADV./HYD
Like in Akbar's Mughal Kingdom, PM choses Navratnas to kickstart his mission "Clean India". Perhaps, next he may also choose other set of navratnas to jumpstart his "Make In India" mission.
and cleanliness in public places to try and make it a unique political tool in his armoury.
In this context, I quote below a bit of research done on the Census reports of 2001 and 2011 in terms of the subject of sanitation (authored by Mr. Rajiv Shah).
Building toilets is a basic state duty, which governments, state or central, have failed to perform. Census of India data suggest that open defecation by 50 per cent of India’s population and nearly 40 per cent of “progressive” Gujarat suggests what has gone amiss.
The temples versus toilets controversy, first triggered by former Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, was then picked up by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. However, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is now the PM of the country, appears to have not bothered to look at the Census of India figures (2011). These figures suggest that, in India, a little less than half of the population goes into the open for defecation because they have no access to toilet facilities, either public or private, suggesting how important basic social factors of governance are rated by the rulers in overall scheme of things. What is even worse is that in a “progressive” or “developed” state like Gujarat, nearly 40.4 per cent of the population defecates in the open, creating huge problems for health for the population. At the same time, it suggests that, despite loud claims, Gujarat government as miserably failed to wipe out
Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sanitation
by piri on Oct 02, 2014 05:08 PM
the evil practice of manual scavenging.
What is disconcerting for Gujarat – as for other “progressive” states – is that its 65.76 per cent of 6,765,403 rural households, which would roughly be 2.28 crore of the rural population, use open fields to defecate. While the all-India average is almost equal to that of Gujarat, 67.3 per cent, this is pretty high, if one compares it with other states: Andhra Pradesh’s slightly lower percentage of households, 65.12, use open fields as they have no toilets. The figures for other states are Jammu & Kashmir 58.29 per cent, Maharashtra 55.79 per cent (which is 10 per cent lower than Gujarat), West Bengal 51.3 per cent, Uttarakhand 45.04 per cent, Haryana 42.28 per cent, Assam 38.46 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 32.55 per cent, Punjab 28.10 per cent, Goa 27.7 per cent, and Kerala, which is by far the best performer, just 5.5 per cent.
Though in urban Gujarat 8.64 per cent go in the open to defecate, which is quite low compared to the all-India average of 12.6 per cent, even this is pretty high compared to several states. The states where lesser percentage of urban households are forced to go into the open in the absence of access to toilet facilities, private or public, are Himachal Pradesh 6.88 per cent, Punjab 5.8 per cent, Assam 4.99 per cent, Uttarakhand 4.72 per cent, with Kerala – whose social indicators, including health and education, are the best in India – a mere 1.67 per cent.
Re: Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sanitation
by piri on Oct 02, 2014 05:09 PM
A further analysis of the Census of India figures suggests that Gujarat is a poor performer when it comes to constructing new toilets during the last decade. This can be considered a sad commentary on those who believe that Gujarat is the “best governed state”. Indeed, a state which fails to keep pace with other states in individual toilets has little reason for such a claim. In fact, a state-wise comparison of the number of households without individual toilet facilities shows that, whether it is rural households or urban households, governance took a backseat in Gujarat. In rural Gujarat, in 2001, there were 78.3 per cent households without any latrines, which came down to 67 per cent a decade later, in 2011. In urban Gujarat, the respective figures are 19.5 (2001) and 12.3 per cent (2011).
The fall in percentage of households without toilets was to the tune of 11.3 per cent in rural Gujarat, suggesting as many percentage of households now have individual toilets in rural areas, something they did not 2001. However, this is much lower compared to several states. Thus, 38.9 per cent of rural households of Himachal Pradesh started availing latrine facilities over the last decade, followed by 29.5 per cent in Punjab, 27.4 per cent in Haryana, 22.5 per cent in Uttarakhand, 19.8 per cent in West Bengal, 19.8 per cent in Maharashtra, 14.1 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, and 11.9 per cent in Kerala.
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by piri on Oct 02, 2014 05:12 PM
As for urban Gujarat, 7.2 per cent of more households began accessing individual latrines, which is a little lower than the all-India average percentage of 7.7. Better-performing urban states or union territories on this score were the neighbouring Diu and Daman 20 per cent, Puducherry 17 per cent, Goa 16.1 per cent, Maharashtra 13.2 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 11.9 per cent, Delhi 10.8 per cent, Tamil Nadu 10.8 per cent, Haryana 9.2 per cent and Andhra Pradesh eight per cent.
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In sum, Mr. Narendra Modi has little moral authority to talk about cleanliness and its importance in public places – even less so if he uses it as a political tool - if his record in office as the CM of Gujarat for 12 years (the same period – 2001 to 2011 that is mirrored by the two census surveys) is anything to go by.
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by Sai Kumar on Oct 02, 2014 05:53 PM
If he has not done during his tenure does not mean that he should never do as a PM. Atleast be happy now that a PM is talking about sanitation, open defecation, etc to the public. Tell me one PM who has done this. Let us all support this unique drive.
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by piri on Oct 02, 2014 06:09 PM
Little oaf, public sanitation was always part of every five year plan since independence. Have you heard of rural development ministry's Total Sanitation Campaign ?
At the time of independence, as per unofficial records (sanitation facilities were not fully enumerated in the census surveys till 1971), less than 8 % of all Indians had access to toilets.
In 65 years, this proportion increased to 48 %. This was a result of several inititatives taken by every govt. in office and allocation of plan funds in every budget. This, no doubt, cannot be called a big achievement. But that does not make ignoramuses such as you right in saying that no one has attempted to improve sanitation facilitites before!
It is only now that someone is trying to make political capital out of the matter of public sanitation !
Well, if a politician tries to make political capital out of the subject of sanitation, he is entitled to do so. But would he enjoy moral authority to speak condescendingly about it if he has spent 12 years as the CM of a state that still has pathetic sanitation facilities and record ???
it is good that on this gandhi jayanti day mission clean india has started.Main contributory to this mission is municipal corporation,who are the sole missionary under whom this drive can be made successful. if such institution of whole country takes drive to start from gali of every mohala upto delhi then it will be true service but what is experience that these municipalties are prone to corrupt practises that they donot have time for such noble drive. right from corporator to peon is involved in corruption . how to think of such drive will be successful. you may blame me for such negativity but facts cannot be denied. Today everyone will pledge for clean country as PM has taken lead but PM cannot look for days to gether this mission.however he should take review of events every month from concerned ministry and pass instructions as he deems fit. my best wishes for such noble mission. long live PM Modi
May the "Swacch Bharat Campaign" make India clean and worthy of habitable for all. This is laudable ambition and requires full participation of all. Let it be a awakening for the whole nation.
PM is doing good work but we don't have any place where by the waste material can be throw. No dust-bin . We have first keep the dust-bin on every 100mts area.
