Patna, 23 June:
There has been an old relation between Patna Municipal
Corporation and uncleanness. Garbage and dusts on streets and lanes, heap of
garbage here and there and filthy smells corroborate it. The recent report of
WHO emphasizes it stating that Patna is the 6th most polluted city
in the word. It is has been the experience of suffering from water logging in
every year in spite of tall claims of cleanness of garbage from the drains.
Many streets and lanes immerse in water even light showers. Mosquitoes are
spreading widely due to not using of mosquito killing sprays. This may led to
diseases like malaria and dengue. As far the question of drinking water is
concerned, the pipes used for supplying water are very old, broken and passes
through the drains, carries dirty water. People are compelled to drink this unhygienic
water. No one can negate the possibilities of diarrhea, dysentery and
amoebiasis. Barring some VIP Roads, most of the streets and lanes lighted through
the lights coming from open shops and windows of the houses. But after closing
these private sources of lights most of the streets and lanes immersed in
darkness.
In order to find out the solution of this hell-like situation
SUCI (C) Patna district Committee decided to build up movement making the
citizens conscious about their citizens’ right. A month long campaign was
undertaken visiting went door to door in different localities. Party activists
collected signatures of the citizens in favour of the charter of demands
addressed to the Mayor, Patna Municipal Corporation. Signature campaign was
also conducted at different public places.
On 23 June, 2016 a citizen demonstration was held before the
office of the Mayor at Mauryalok demanding regular cleanness of streets and
lanes, solving the problem of water logging, cleanness the garbage of the
drains in proper way, spraying of bleaching powder in drains and dustbins, using
of mosquito killing sprays through fogging machines, regular supply of pure
drinking water, changing of old and broken pipes used for supplying water,
arrangement of street lights in roads and lanes, covering of open manholes,
arrangement of urinals at important crossings. Demonstrators were shouting
thunderous slogans holding festoons in their hands.
A meeting was held there. Addressing the meeting Sadhana
Mishra, Secretary, SUCI (C) Patna District Committee, said that it was the
right of every citizen to live in a healthy and hygienic environment. Citizens
are discharging their duties by paying taxes imposed on them by Municipal
Corporation. But contrarily Municipal Corporation is shaking its
responsibilities of proving its citizens the healthy, hygienic and cleanness
environment. She criticized the PMC for working in PPP mode. The meeting was
also addressed by M K Pathak, Suryakar Jitendra, Rajkumar Chaudhary, Awadhesh
Kumar, Baidyanath Sharma and Anamika. Astonishingly, when demonstrators got no
response from the office of the Mayor after demonstrating and holding meetings
for a long time, they entered into the chamber of the Mayor. But Mayor was
absent and no one was entrusted to meet and hear the delegation, though he was
informed earlier. It evoked anguish among the demonstrating citizens and they
decided to intensify the movement on civic problems.
