Movement on Civic Problems in Patna

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 6^th 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.