CLEAN AND GREEN GOA or SHOW PIECE SWACHH BHARAT CAMPAIGN?
Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi has kicked off a campaign called “Swachh Bharat” across the country to clean up with the broom which we saw in our state following this campaign by our Chief Minister of Goa Mr. Manohar Parrikar, MLA’s, Ministers, Bureaucrats, Directors from Central and State Government including citizens and Panchayat bodies joining the mission on this 2nd October 2014 Gandhi Jayanti day. I have seen mostly people holding a special looking broom which was unusual kind of what is available in the market especially the CM and PM was seen using this broom with gloves. None of them were seen wearing masks. This shows there was no dust created while sweeping probably in that area where this Swachh Bharat campaign kicked off. Why only for a one Day this mission was required to be done? It could be continued on all Sat. and Holidays for few hours but not during office hours. Wherever I have made my contacts with my friends I was told that this mission was just a “show piece” or " humbug" and people could have cleaned and devoted this mission to clean up their own houses rather than public places. We have CCP and Panchayat workers to do the job as we pay taxes and may be they could have hired more workers for this mission as a special case. Stephen Dias D.Paula