Any civilised Goan will be frustrated to see the horrible and unhygienic sight of stinking spit red marks on walls, corners and footpaths of our cities made by Gootka, tobbaco and Paan eating ghantis, migrants and the domestic tourists as well.
Another sight you will see everyday of urination and defecating at public places like river banks, seaside and rail tracks by the hoards of ghantis. Urination at the roadside presents such an ugly picture that if one is accompanied by family members, especially women, it becomes embarrassing and sometimes difficult to make the young ones understand why the uncle is 'wetting' the wall. The government has provided land to Sulabh Sauchalaya in almost every city which undertook this social mission for providing hygienic toilet facilities to the people who visit cities from outside, and also for those who flock commercial places day in and day out. One can find 'Sulabh toilets and bathrooms' everywhere and the organisation has been giving the facility to urinate free of cost while the charges for using toilets etc are easily affordable. Even then these people pay no heed to the calls of environment and show no sense in contributing to make our social surroundings clean and fresh. In some cases some Goans too does not differ much from these uncivilized ghantis as far as smoking and spitting at public places are concerned. I have seen many times even well to do people do not hesitate in urinating around the public places. I feel there should be still punishment like heavy fine and jail sentence for repeating this offence. Then only we can keep our state clean and beautiful . Regards Vinay ---- Original Message ---- Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:54:40 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ban on Smoking in Public Places Dear Goanet Readers What about ban on Spitting, Urinating and Defecating in Public? More than Smoking, these are the biggest public health hazards in India. Cheers Anesimo