MY VIEWS IN NEWSPAPER TODAY ON GARBAGE PROBLEM & ON UNIVERSALISATION OF EDUCATION

Economic Times Story on 02.11.12: Azim Premji calls for citizens' movement against garbage problem

Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) 
02 Nov, 2012 09:54 PM

I fully agree with what Premji has pointed out. Its really a pity that even in metomolitan cities the staff of concerned depatments dare not clear the garbage and still no punitive action is initiated against them by their controllers. And when it is cleared, it is dumped into rivers, pond, lakes or in open space causing lots of water and air pollution. Naturally the poor & BPL families are the worst hit as they have to use unclean & unsafe water and consequently they get severely affected by water borne diseases- Diarrhoea, Cholera, Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis & Filariasis which cause more than 18 lac deaths annually in our country. So, besides performing the duties as a responsible citizens in this direction, the civil society must also raise the demand for ensuring proper sanitation, as it is our constitutional right. Media too, must focus its full attention on this vital issue and report the anomaly being adopted by local implementing machinery on a regular basis.

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Comments of MILAN K SINHA(PATNA) in 
The Times Of India dt. 02.11.12

Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Shashi Tharoor stresses on universalisation of education'' is now displayed on timesofindia.com.

''There is no denying the fact that making education relevant for all, along with access, quality and the universalisation aspect is very important as Shashi Tharoor has very rightly stressed. Pl. see what Kofi Annan, Former U.N. Secretary General with whom Shashi has closely worked as his deputy, has to say,"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.” Hope, the new minister of state for HRD would do something novel and different to make his mark as a knowledgeable & performing minister. I would also urge the minister to look in to the problem of school drop outs in the country more seriously besides many other HRD issues.''

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