Do we need smart cities or smart people?
No cities become great unless the people are great. No place looks pleasant unless the people living there make it look great. Do we need authorities or government for doing everything- No. They are just enablers, the prime responsibility lies with the citizens.
I belong to a small very village in Haryana, and I visited there yesterday. The roads are clean, the homes are clean and then the people look clean. And then I realised I live in the capital of the country. The place that has to be the best of the best in the country. The people who represent the entire nation live here.
But what is it in reality- I gave a thought and it was not that great. Garbage lying here and there. Small streets broken for years in the name of providing amenities, amenities like sewage - does it take 2 years, 5 years or 10 years to complete the work. Do we deserve to walk through dust, dirt, potholes, garbage, broken pipes of water to reach our homes. I don't think so. We are residents of a highly developing nation, the country that is giving high GDP growth, the country that's making its mark and market in the globe. Then what is it in real - there is a I don't care attitude. Cars parked here and there. No one stops. Tractors and trucks make their way in the streets ( or Gali what we feel proud to say) and scratch the cars, break the drains, hit children, create nonsense around. Who stops, not me and not you. The cable wires broken lying everywhere, and we don't care coz we are all Spider-Man. Music playing loud all through nights, I never saw a cop stopping even he passes from nearby, residents don't stop coz tomorrow they will need to play- for a birthday party, for a Jaagran, for no reason. We have become tuned to create problems and face them ourselves. We don't realise what is good and what is not. We park our cars in way of others. We block the roads when there is a construction. We don't care because nobody cares. The day one starts thinking on it others will also have to do it. Let's try our level and we all do something that our city looks smarter than it is today. more
I belong to a small very village in Haryana, and I visited there yesterday. The roads are clean, the homes are clean and then the people look clean. And then I realised I live in the capital of the country. The place that has to be the best of the best in the country. The people who represent the entire nation live here.
But what is it in reality- I gave a thought and it was not that great. Garbage lying here and there. Small streets broken for years in the name of providing amenities, amenities like sewage - does it take 2 years, 5 years or 10 years to complete the work. Do we deserve to walk through dust, dirt, potholes, garbage, broken pipes of water to reach our homes. I don't think so. We are residents of a highly developing nation, the country that is giving high GDP growth, the country that's making its mark and market in the globe. Then what is it in real - there is a I don't care attitude. Cars parked here and there. No one stops. Tractors and trucks make their way in the streets ( or Gali what we feel proud to say) and scratch the cars, break the drains, hit children, create nonsense around. Who stops, not me and not you. The cable wires broken lying everywhere, and we don't care coz we are all Spider-Man. Music playing loud all through nights, I never saw a cop stopping even he passes from nearby, residents don't stop coz tomorrow they will need to play- for a birthday party, for a Jaagran, for no reason. We have become tuned to create problems and face them ourselves. We don't realise what is good and what is not. We park our cars in way of others. We block the roads when there is a construction. We don't care because nobody cares. The day one starts thinking on it others will also have to do it. Let's try our level and we all do something that our city looks smarter than it is today. more
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The Govt. should give maximum attention and funding for modernising Security forces and R & D based Science & Technological institutions. Even our IITs are nothing but a brand name At least one of the institution should exclusively be meant for Post Graduate Research, Deign & Development and specialization; totally funded by the Government. Population should be controlled. Those countries developed who could control their population. We have limited means and should not waste on Netas and fancy projects. Best Regards H.K. Agarwal 08826430489 On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Ajay Kundu wrote: > more
Jul 02
true , we must volunteer to cleaning sanitation NGOS ,more multinational NGO's may be requested for partnership with us , we can learn their clean & system driven culture .All have to contribute to make all A,B,C,D class cities clean, green & beautiful cities having adequate supply of road, electricity ,good roads, better education & health care , population control ,better transportation ,patriotism all will come in our help to make strong ,rich & one of famous country in the world transforming from third world to second world to first world in coming years. more
Jun 25
i agree whole heartedly with Mr Ajay, it is so sad to watch the decay of our Rajdhani...actually this is true of almost all cities. No department is accountable to complete a job. Unfortunately, we as a people have little civic sense, and absence of manners..any thought for the other... just aggression.. We can only change our selves and follow our 'inner voice' not concern our selves with what the 'others' are doing..diffcicult yes, but not impossible... more
Jun 25
Govt. and citizens both are responsible to make a city smart. Citizens have to follow the guide lines set by Govt. and citizens by and large have to implement in their own interest to lead a good clean lifestyle. Yes Delhi is nowhere near to smartness as we see the functioning of Govt. and behaviour of most of the citizens more
Jun 23
