Essay on clean india healthy india in 300 words

India is fast emerging as a work superpower. We are the world’s largest democracy in terms of population. Our scientists have sent a vehicle to the planet Mars. We have an ancient culture and tradition dating back centuries. An Indian Aryabhatta invented zero. Sushrata Samhita is a medical journal of the Vedic period which still has relevance in today’s modern times. We have had renowned writers, poets and musicians like Kalidasa, Tansen and Rabindranath Tagore. We have beautiful monuments and palaces like Taj Mahal, Hawa Mahal, Qutub Minar , Konark Sun Temple. I can continue to recount India’s achievement and glory both past and present but today’s foremost problem is unclean India.
We can see huge garbage heaps in
every town, village and city. Our cities and towns are not planned. The drainage and sewer systems are most primitive. The municipal corporations have no solid waste treatment plants by which these garbage heaps can be turned into a source of energy.
Some few years back, Surat a city in Gujarat was struck by plague due to the rats infested garbage heaps. Thank goodness, the town woke up and today the city is spick and span.
A clean India will definitely be a healthy India. Malaria, dengue and various other diseases which are spread through insects are caused due to unsanitary conditions of our towns and villages.
It is up to the local people to pressurise the local government to take up cleanliness drives. A government can do so much but it is up to the citizens also to maintain cleanliness. We should not spit in public places. We should not litter on roads and lanes. The ban on plastic bags should be followed strictly. Drains are clogged by plastic causing stagnant water. The government should see that drains are covered and dustbins placed at strategic places.
Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a Swachh Bharat campaign. We support him on this endeavour. His government has promised to build toilets so that people are not seen defecating in the open. Even today 59% of the population uses open spaces to defecate. The government has passed a whopping Rs 40 billion to construct 5.3 million latrines by the time it completes 100 days in office.
In recent years, NGOs and private individuals have joined hands to start an embarrassment and ridicule campaign against men urinating in public. In Mumbai, masked vigilantes turned water hoses on people caught urinating in public.
Over half the city’s population lives in slums. They use roads and pavements to do their business just like the rural poor use railway tracks. The sanitation drive will only be successful if citizens too join hands with the government.
A clean India is definitely healthy. We need to clean government offices of both old files and corruption. We need to clean government hospitals to provide proper healthcare to the teeming population who cannot afford private healthcare. We need to clean our rivers and waterways which are being used as sewerage. The rivers are being used to empty both household and industrial wastes. Strict norms need to be followed. The industry owner should be held responsible for the damage he causes to the river. The Ganga and Yamuna are two rivers which have been completely destroyed.
Another aspect of cleanliness is turning India green, that is growing more trees. A clean and green India will help us in breathing fresh air.
Let us young and old change our habits of littering public places, taking part in cleanliness drives in our locality, raise voice and campaign against garbage heaps and many such small things will make India clean and healthy.



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