I resumed my walking after my retirement from service two months ago. Instead of doing walking in parks, I am going around different streets, lanes, etc. It is very sad to see dumping of different types of waste generated from domestic and shops. As my walking areas are in residential colonies, industrial waste is not seen thrown around. People are throwing out / dumping all types of wastes. Though, the municipal authorities are collecting waste from identified storage locations, there are wastes all along the roads. Sweepers are engaged, but there is a limit to everything. Sweepers can't push heavy items like furniture thrown. There are identified locations for collection of such wastes made by authorities, but common sense is lacking. There are private organizations who pay for wastes like electronics, furniture, vehicles discarded etc. I myself used this service and got paid.
Authorities can display locations, contact numbers, website addresses which help in improving the cleanliness by collecting different wastes. It helps in improving hygiene and thus control spread of diseases.
Another observation is trimmed tree branches kept on road side, causing problems to pedestrians, restricted road width for vehicle movement and breeding of mosquitoes and flies as decay starts. These are trimmed by personnel of electricity department, cable TV, telecom, etc to protect their assets. Municipal authorities should charge them for collection of such debris. It will generate some income.
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