Thursday, August 16, 2012

waste management

its very much disheartening to see the rubbish /wastes littered all over our surroundings. invariably all the human habitations in rural, urban or metro is littered with filth all around. people talk much on waste management but not at all being practised. everyone wants to keep their house clean by throwing out their household waste anywhere outside their house. First of all a serious campaign is necessary to use the waste box by every individual. It should start from the school. The youngsters below the age group of below 25 years should be targeted first. a serious campaign is very imminent and every youngster should be made to realise the waste management of their household. Local administration should have an effective waste management team. even now one can see the towns like Karaikudi the streets are being sweeped by the local administration staff. A small step of a systematic effort of the govt. machinery can do wonders in this area. Waste is wealth. Processed waste can generate not only money but also power. small teams of NGOs from each town/village/city should be deputed to study waste management methods and their effective implementation. any amount of money spent on development of infrastructure for waste management will repay such investment within a very short spell. Every corporate should be allotted some area of their choice to be maintained litter free. Every School, colleges , Govt. establishments, corporates be held responsible for keeping their surrounding litter free. Necessary infrastructure should be developed under suitable govt. schemes to handle the wastes of each specified area. In our country resources are plenty for giving freebees to general public . a small portion of it is sufficient for successful waste management. Awareness should be created in every citizen which will automatically bring out the solution.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Scam in Granite mining in Madurai District

Much ado is being shown by media on the illegal mining of granite in various locations in Madurai District . Its going on there for more than a decade. What these people including the media were doing so long. were they waiting for these things to happen for ten plus years allowing this piracy to go until the deposits are looted to the brink? until the environ is destroyed fully? until the water sources are swiped out completely? It was told that no district official or media can dare to step into the area earmarked by this illegal miners. The damage reported to be 16000 crores is a tip of an iceberg. the damages caused to environment, water bodies, archeological treasures could not be valued in rupees. Actually the pirates are not the culprits. only those officials in the district administration who kept silent accepting the bribe, are the culprits. when a collector like Mr Sagayam can do something, why not people prior have done this. They were silent spectators to this crime accepting whatever alms were thrown at them. The criminals including those in the district administration know very well the loopholes in the law and how to go scotfree. For some time the hype will be there and it will set to rest in due course of time. How many scams this country has seen. Is any perpetrator is punished or his assets accumulated from this illegal action is confiscated? That gives them the courage to do such things. This is going in other districts like Dharmapuri, Pudukkottai,Erode etc also . Why there is no investigation by the district officials. may be still some more remain to be destroyed and they wait for completing the destruction for taking up the action. who is going to bell the cat? Werevgo?