A recent survey ranked Tiruchirapalli, a fairly large town of Central Tamil Nadu, as third cleanest city of India. Like many others in Tamil Nadu, and as one who has actually lived in that town -- which now has a population of around twelve hundred thousand people -- I was totally shocked. Piles of garbage can be seen in most parts of the town. Like elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, the totally irresponsible public of Tiruchirapalli, can be seen urinating in public, even near the Central Bus stand.
Yes, some places are somewhat clean, but how does that the particular city, a "neat" city?
What is the best criteria of a neat city. What we need to do is to have huge movements involving several hundred thousand people, particularly college students in making and maintaining towns and cities neat and clean. Let us really create and maintain neat cities.
Actually, Coimbatore, a much larger and more beautiful city of Tamil Nadu, with a huge industrial base, is a far more neater city. One wonders why this city was not ranked ahead of Tiruchirapalli.
How clean can a city be, really? Why not have a more acceptable definition of "neatness" and get going.