Clean India Movement:

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Clean India Movement: 

Will this break the Ice and Change Mindset?

Tackling water-related problems requires collective efforts and these problems affect all of us and it is through our collective responsibility that we should resolve these problems. The IWF wishes to focus the attention of government and civil society towards the urgency for envisaging water use efficiency, You can be a part of this collective endeavour by becoming a JAL MITRA and requested to join ‘Clean India Movement’ as a citizen of India need to pledge! Not to throw any garbage or any waste on road/water bodies, only put it in the dustbin or location provided for the same.

According to Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw Deputy Executive Director, UNEP “the issue of sanitation should be seen as a social, economic and environmental opportunity rather than a challenge & thus can afford revenue raising possibilities rather than being perceived as a cost and a burden on economies”, commented on 21 June 2014 at the Opening Session of the GMGSF-15 held at the UNEP’s headquarter.

Waterborne infections, in all forms – protozoan, parasitic, bacterial and viral, 88% of which are caused due to unsafe drinking water and supply, are highly prevalent in stagnant water or faecal matter. It is ironic that at a time when many countries have met the MDG target for water supply and sanitation, South Asia still lacks in this regard. According to broad estimates, about a billion people do not use improved sanitation facilities and 700 million practice open defecation in South Asia and the pace of sanitation improvements has not kept up with population growth in the region. Such a sordid state of affairs can adversely affect the pace of human development in this part of the globe.

Some ministries have adequate infrastructural facilities, some lack in resources and others lack in trained personnel and technical expertise. Convergence and synergy will enable all these ministries to pool together their energy, resources and technological expertise in dealing with particular problems within a stipulated period and manageable costs. And such a step would be in the larger national interest and may prove a milestone for the PMO as well.

#PMO #CleanIndiaMovement #Convergence #Syngery #MDG #UNEP #Globe

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