How to maintain cleanliness in public places?

Indian cities are the filthiest in the world with absolutely no proper garbage disposal and management.It is becoming worse by the day and no matter how much an individual does in his capacity it is not enough since it requires mass involvement and also a serious effort by the authorities in charge...

Absolutely we cannot leave it to MCD personnel only we will have share the responsibility to make our city look better. When I see any foreign city it gives me a feeling that it would take at least 10 years to come to that level once we will start it today. :blink:

You are right Sanjeev, there is a lot of patriotism and pride in most foreigners and they also have a well developed v civic sense so much so that they tell you when you are doing something that is causing a nuisance and of course no one thinks of littering there like they do here except probably in areas where Indians dominate..

How to maintain cleanliness in public places?

Indian cities are the filthiest in the world with absolutely no proper garbage disposal and management.It is becoming worse by the day and no matter how much an individual does in his capacity it is not enough since it requires mass involvement and also a serious effort by the authorities in charge...

Absolutely we cannot leave it to MCD personnel only we will have share the responsibility to make our city look better. When I see any foreign city it gives me a feeling that it would take at least 10 years to come to that level once we will start it today. :blink:

You are right Sanjeev, there is a lot of patriotism and pride in most foreigners and they also have a well developed v civic sense so much so that they tell you when you are doing something that is causing a nuisance and of course no one thinks of littering there like they do here except probably in areas where Indians dominate..

Exactly! here in Delhi if we see people throwing garbage on the road but we fear to oppose as God knows what would be the reaction.People don't have civic sense here at least in Delhi as you can see garbage lying on the road side or near the dustbin as people don't bother even to throw that garbage in the bin. That's pity that's why I feel Delhi is not the city to live. :evil:

Punishing people for simple thing is not at all correct. But keeping fine is the correct thing. So if any person through rubbish on the road then he should be fined of some 50 rs. Then people will surely feel that they should not throw anything in public places, if they throw then they will be fined, so unnecessarily they need to pay and waste their money. So from then they will stop such things.

The actual experience differs. People do not bother about fine. They will pay fine readily but not mend themselves. They break traffic rules and readily pay fine.

Sir, I want to ask that Is there any rule, which is made by the Government, to control the Garbage? We see the Foreign Countries clean and when we see our Country, we can't even try to compare, because in cleanliness, they are far more Better than us.

If each individual is conscious and working towards keeping at least his/her surroundings clean, we can hope for some positive change.But I see most people cleaning up their own houses and gardens and throwing the rubbish into other people's compounds or on the road sometimes even blocking the footpaths without having any consideration for other people...