Bernice dear,
The same Indians and Pakis et al will dare not mess up the place like Dubai,
Singapore etc, not because they cannot do it, but because they cannot get
away doing it. In Singapore, a S$500/- is slapped on you even for discarding
a cigarette butt. It is known as a 'fine country'. In Dubai, if caught and
which is inevitable because no one knows who is watching, one either goes to
the can, gets deported or heavily fined. This is called DETERRENT. But
deterrents work wonderfully along with facilities. Austria is a funny place,
my daughter tells me. When my wife visited her, what intrigued her was that
the best of things which one wants to discard, like shoes, tvs, books what
have you, these find their way over to the bin next door. Watching bums pick
up what they want was fun, she tells me. The rest goes into the garbage
truck. GSRP is designed with a WORLD VIEW as experiences of 25 years of
going around the world and noticing things has found it's way into the
design of the Party. W.r.t. garbage and litter or spitting paan in Goa, it
will be most difficult, even to the extent of throwing God's flowers into
rivers from bridges. There will be hundreds of paid and certified 'marshals'
who will book people for littering. Half of the fines that they collect will
go to them as incentive to become a marshal. And no one will be able to
mess with a certified marshal. The moment s/he flashes the badge, things are
over. We need discipline back into the governance of Goa. As I often say,
'we do not want the Portuguese back but badly need their no-nonsense
discipline back. I have told this to Barka Dhutt at a show shot at
Calangute/Baga Beach after Scarlet Keeling's death.
Once in Poland, our 3rd Engineer failed to return to the ship from his
evening's outing. He was in the lock-up for urinating in the park. The
Captain had to go and get his release the next day paying heavy fine. This
guy would never pee in the open (except in India) even if his bladder was
bursting. :-). I am talking of this type of discipline.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
- Original Message -
From: Bernice. bernicepere...@gmail.com
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:49 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Tidyness abroad
Question that always bogs me is what is the cause of the dirty mess we
create on the roads and environment in India. Dubai for example is teaming
with Indians and Pakis. The roads metros etc. are spotlessly clean...more
cleaner even than some European countries. Why can't these very same people
keep follow these habits when they come to their own country. It is because
the system allows them to be that way...nobody cares. If one lives in a
messy environment around, one tends to also get messy. The garbage in Goa
reaches unthinkable proportions during the season. It is very very important
that garbage trucks clear the junk in plastic bags regularly from very
village or a fixed location in every part of the village. Have seen this
work beautifully in Austria.
Bernice
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