Since PM Modi Left Kudla on 13 April, Airport Road from City is FILTHY Again?
Mangaluru: Two days prior to the arrival of Prime Minster Narendra Modi to Mangaluru on 13 April 2019 to campaign for the local BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel, the road leading from Mangaluru International Airport to the City, and the Road back to the Airport was so clean, one would be confused whether tehy were in Singapore or Sri Lanka? So clean, So Swachhatha, it was hard to believe that the whole stretch of PM’s route took a extreme makeover during those few days. And now, ever since PM Modi left the city on 13 April, the road which PM traveled from MAI to City and back are ridden with filth/garbage. This article is seems like a repeat of the article “Mangaluru Int’l Airport looks CLEAN, but Roads Leading to it are NOT So CLEAN? ” published on 4 April 2018, with just a minor changes here and there.
A few days before the arrival of PM Modi, everyone in the district administration, Mangaluru City Corporation, Panchayat Office, PWD and other concerned city departments were in full looking for the perfection of the roads, and mainly that the route which PM took from Airport to Nehru Maidan and back to the airport was clean. It seemed like the entire crew of Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt Ltd was on that stretch of the PM route (road) cleaning the streets, picking up the garbage, trimming weeds etc. Doesn’t it look like, these officials are playing a double standard game- like making the City look clean when PM or CM visits the City, and other times don’t even give a damn about the cleanliness of the City, other than a few NGO’s.
Apart from other streets in the City which are littered with waste, the administration should have at least taken more responsibility in seeing that roads leading to and fro to the Airport are clean, since thousands of foreigners and out of town visitors are coming to Mangaluru, and the ugly scene of garbage lining the sides of the Airport road is a shame for the City. If the officials could work hard in keeping this stretch of the Airport clean during PM’s visit, why not all the time?
I know that there are many roads that lead to the Mangalore International Airport- but this morning I took the Road from the City via Padua Road-Bondel- Kavoor- towards Kenjar, and then to the Airport- and the pictures in this report will reveal more than words can say, as to how filthy some of the areas on this stretch of the road are, which is leading to the Cleanest Airport of recent times. How many Ministers, VIPs or other top officials have taken this road on their way to the Airport? Why have they turned a blind eye towards the garbage that is piled and scattered on this said road, that I traveled this morning. And the worst part is that, the stretch of the road, near Sri Devi Engineering College-Kenjar until the entrance of the Airport is worst, littered with plastic bags, bottles and what not.
With so many visitors from out of the town or abroad visiting our beautiful city, this garbage stricken road sends a bad message of non-cleanliness of the City. At some places even stray dogs are seen feeding on the garbage, which is so pathetic for anyone to look at. And when we have a new broad road constructed especially for the use of the Airport, it is advisable that the concerned authorities should at least see to that the new concreted road is free of garbage- so that the Swachh Bharath/Swachh Mangaluru campaign becomes fruitful. My humble request to the officials of MCC and other concerned authorities to see that all the roads leading to Mangalore International Airport are “SWACHH”.
But even in spite of many awareness programmes and motivation, people are still abusing the concept of Swachh by dirtying the city. The idea behind Swachh Bharath is to motivate people not to litter, but it is happening the other way- where people are very much creating a mess everywhere with an impression that someone else will clean their mess, and make the city look clean. But sadly, the citizens of Mangaluru seems like they are are not appreciating the cleanliness done by volunteers of various organizations. It is not just the uneducated people who abuse Swachh Bharath, even many educated citizens litter wherever they want-that is sad.
In conclusion, we need more than some media campaign, we need some real groundwork being done from government and MCC. You want me to not litter, well then provide me garbage bins, you don’t want me to pee on the roadside, well have public toilets installed etc etc. Well, while certain organizations are trying to keep city clean, the government and especially MCC should also cooperate in providing enough dustbins/garbage bins and also enough toilets. The govt officials should also join hands with the volunteers and note how the Swacch Bharath/Swachh Mangaluru campaign is progressing. Hoping to see Mangaluru cleaner than it was yesterday or today, especially on the Airport road I traveled today? Thank You!
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