Muhammad Rizwan
This picture here shows the cleanliness status in Shad Bagh locality of Lahore. The piles of litter speak for itself the efficiency level of local government despite the tall claims of making Lahore another Paris.
This is a junction of very busy market in Shad Bagh where the dilapidated condition of road and heaps of litter are very much evident in the picture. Besides the trash pile one can see a cemented water tank as well as a watercooler. This water tank supplies drinking water to the people who do business around this area.
The hygienic purity of water can be imagined. No wonder epidemic diseases here spread fast due to poor sanitary and cleanliness condition. The incumbents in local government should take note of this and make necessary arrangements for disposing of litter posing menace of myriad epidemic diseases.
Yes, one can argue that why don’t residents who feel for this environmental disaster clean up this area on ‘apni madad aap’ (self help basis) but my point is that local Government shouldn’t also fail in their basic duty of picking up trash and keeping the area clean.
What we really deserve is simple human dignity.
Everyone’s asleep. Government isn’t bothered to provide basic facilities to people. People aren’t bothered to do anything themselves or at least pressurize government to provide them with basic needs like water and sanitation; leaving Electricity, Gas, Sugar et cetera aside.
Happy Sleeping!
Some comments from the ATP Facebook Page:
– “The dilemma of the Nation is that bottled water is used in all the official Govt. meetings and Seminars, how can the claim be given any weight, when Govt. cannot arrange safe & Clean Drinking Water in its own meetings ……….. Isnt it hypocrisy..! ”
– “we have to work out at our self,,,,,GOVT is in deep slumber,,,we have to wake up,,,,BASIC NEEDS $ ALL>>>>>>>”
– “We ‘deserve’? WE DEMAND CLEAN DRINKING WATER; THIS IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT! Isn’t it so?…! **^*^..”
– “yeah of course,,,,”
– “yes of course”
– “The public and the residents deserve better services..they should and must demand better services from the local goverment services!!!”
The least the local Government can do is to make the local residents aware of the dangerous conditions they are living in. If they only spread the message, that too in a manner that is effective, the people would actually make a little effort by ‘apni madad aap’.
Yes we deserve clean water, but how many of us actually get it. Whether rich or poor, in Pakistan?