That is good to know. But I'm afraid, like Rajib was saying, that is happening in some localities only, certainly not in our muluk in Guwahati. Hopefully that will spread everywhere.
As I am unaware of this good thing going on in Guwahati and as Mridul B. resides in Delhi, I thought he was talking about Delhi.
BTW, years ago in our neighborhood in Guwahati, my mother collected Rs.20/ from our 'para' to pay the janitor to pick up the 'gela' from the drains going through the neighborhood, and after a few months she gave up, after hearing this from one of the "educated" neighbors:
"Apnar tu sintai naai, apni dibo loga bhaag-tu iyaar poisa-diyei hoi jaai".
>From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
>Subject: RE: Re: [Assam] It takes a village
>Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:13:23 -0700 (PDT)
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>No, it is not in Delhi. Some concerned and enlightened citizens in Guwahati have organized similar garbage pick up and Mridul Bhuyan is right with his complaint.
>I know of one organization that has been formed by Mrs. Kamal Kumari Baruah ( mother of Geeta Deka who passed away) and my aunt Dr. Trishna Mahanta. The organization uses contractor/s to provide the service. These two people live at two ends of the city. So I assume it is a citywide organization.
>But the complaint is the same. The organization charges Rs. 50 per month per household for this garbage pick up. Most pay to keep their neighborhoods clean but there are some who have defaulted and some complain that Rs. 50 is too much.
>Dilip
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>"Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >Here, even people prefer to throw their garbage to roads instead of paying Rs.30/-pm to the >garbage pickers.
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>This is in Delhi, I assume. At least the garbage pickers are available there. In Guwahati, 'poisa dileu paaboloi naai'. And where would they even dump it?
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> >The principle prevailing here is 'keep your home clean, throw the garbage >outside' :-)
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>I agree, that is the common attitude there - all over India.
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> >From: "mridul bhuyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Subject: Re: [Assam] It takes a village
> >Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:40:22 +0530
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>Here, even people prefer to throw their garbage to roads instead of paying Rs.30/-pm to the garbage pickers. The principle prevailing here is 'keep your home clean, throw the garbage outside' :-)
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> >From: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: Re: [Assam] It takes a village
> >Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:24:04 -0500
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> >KJD
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> >IMHO, Singapore is a very tiny country, and that by itself can be a
> >big advantage when talking about law and order, or even keeping it
> >clean.
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> >The question is whether such a system, with all the trappings of
> >draconian laws work in India?
> >
> >Why even the slightest move in that direction will cause an uproar in
> >India, specially by those who are advocating it right now.
> >
> >They will be the first to yell about fundamental rights being curtailed etc etc.
> >
> >Will Indians be willing to pay that price that Singaporeans or S.
> >Koreans have paid?
> >
> >--Ram
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> >On 5/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > Cd,
> > > That's why I wrote " This is not to say that such actions can be yoked to
> > > religion itself".
> > >
> > > You are right.Just forty years ago, Singapore was a war-battered British
> > > port,which had rapidly growing,poor,uneducated population living in slums
> > > and households.Singapore struggled along until 1965,when it became an
> > > independent nation with prime minister Yew in firm control.Forty years
> > > later,75% of families,the previous slum-dwellers own their homes.Despite a
> > > few harsh measures ( eg,forced savings),Singaporeans are happy with their
> > > paternalistic government.
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