Its been nearly a year since I have been living here in Old Rajinder Nagar area of New Delhi. Nothing special about this area from other parts of Delhi except that the whole area is packed with Punjabis and IAS aspirants. A quite well to do colony but doesn't lag behind in competing with the rest of Delhi in lack of civic sense. I think its a chronic disease spread out in whole of Delhi. People think their duty just end by the four walls of their home, rest other is "public".. not for use but for exploitation, i.e. the roads , the streets and any other place they can find to litter. There is no difference between the dog that shits anywhere in the street and these people. They finish off their tea and throw it wherever they wish. Sometimes I had to carry my cup of tea to my home which is good enough distance from the spot. Now the Q. is whose fault is this . Is it a societal problem creeped deep down inside every rajendreite or delhite ? or is it the municipal malfunctional that has compelled civic society to resort to such measures ?. But it can't be ustified on either of the two reasons. Thats a social evil and if a institution fails its the moral responsibility of the other to respond. But I think we r a decade or two lagging much behind in civil society reforms than compared to any other institution. As some great person said it " Charity begins at home", similary if the elected institution is not delivering its our moral responsibility to at least do our bit. Muncipalities cry over missing dustbins when they place such in colonies. But that problem can be easily ratified with making them permanently grounded like the one I saw in market . The solutions are not hard to find if u r looking for one ....
