Clean and green India

Clean India green India

                                   - by hotri shrimali

We all dream about a clean India. Many of us also give examples of foreign countries in terms of cleanliness, and compare the conditions of our country with those countries and their cities. The problem is that most of people only discuss it instead of taking proper steps and care to keep their surroundings clean. How many of you think you have contributed to keeping your city or country clean?

We also cannot deny the fact that the time is changing; the people of our country are more concerned with cleanliness than before. Some credit goes to the present government as they launched a campaign called Swach Bharat Abhiyan, also called as Clean India Campaign. 

Some Steps We Should Take for Clean India green India Project

We as humans can take a few basic steps like carrying a recycle bag when we go out of our house and not throwing garbage here and there. This will reduce the consumption of disposable bags, and we will not litter the environment. Similarly, we can encourage using reusable items like bottles, cups, etc., which reduce littering. Also, ensure that the waste you dispose of ends up where it should. 

Wherever possible, recycle the recyclable materials. Make sure to reduce the likelihood of your garbage ending up in the environment by keeping a lid on your trash cans when it’s outside. Composting kitchen waste at home lowers the garbage volume sent to landfills and reduces the chance of some products becoming marine debris.

With an unhealthy environment, problems arise that affect the whole ecosystem and others around us. We all know the adverse effects of air pollution, acid rain, and others that occur due to environmental pollution. With timely interventions like those mentioned above, we can keep our environment and surroundings clean.

Initiatives We Must Take

We can take various steps to increase the forest cover in the country. One step is to increase the number of trees in the cities to fight against the various environmental problems, especially air pollution. The next important step is to preserve the existing greenery in the cities.

The government can play an important role here. It must act strictly and take measures to prevent deforestation. It can take actions like creating a forest belt near every city or town. Ultimately, we all can make a difference through mass forestation drives.

The Clean India program is:

Unique: Because of the involvement of children and youth

Scientific: Because it is equipped with scientific techniques

Innovative: Because there is a structured framework to address the needs

Inclusive: Because of the involvement of other stakeholders

Holistic: Because it addresses the entire value chain

Regular: As it creates an environmental movement along with scientific learning with civic action

Effective: Because it creates Eco citizen

Objectives of Clean India : 

To reduce or eliminate open defecation by constructing individual, cluster, and community toilets.

To convert the insanitary toilets into flush toilets

To eradicate the system of manual scavenging

Establishing a better mechanism for monitoring the work of the government

Get India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by October 2, 2019

Development through Cleanliness

Assisting production centers for sanitary materials and rural marts for sanitary

Management of solid and liquid waste treated as a project for Gram Panchayat

Creating awareness for healthy sanitation practices with behavioral changes and linking people with the programs of sanitation and public health

Building strong urban local bodies to design and execute all systems properly

Use of the scientific process of disposal, reuse, and recycling solid waste

Providing a better environment for private sectors to participate in the Capital Expenditure related to the clean campaign