As every Saturday, I reached 5 mins before the usual school time. I was talking to few students and they said they have some programme in school, so are we still having the sat English class ?
Luckily, I spotted the principal of the school. I went to her and asked her if we can take our usual class. She told me, there is some cleanliness drive for which she needs students for 15 mins and then we can continue. I was like hmm, ok , we can start our class after 15 mins
Then we spotted a bunch of people who have come for this cleanliness drive. Principal introduced us to them . One of them said they got late as they were waiting for someone so couldn't start the cleanliness drive on time ( they had to start it at 10). They said that we can start our class little late because they want to click pics with students. So out of our 1.5 hrs time in a week you want to take our precious 30 mins.
The cleanliness drive was to walk from one corner to another corner with a broom and click photos to show their participation.
Then me and some other volunteers were talking , and we wondered if " Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" started is a one day cleanliness activity to click pics. It has become a sham where people clean one street ,click pics and then post about their participation and views on " Swachh Bharat Abhiyan"
This is not the point of 'Clean India' . It is more about to create awareness on cleanliness and establish the importance of having clean surroundings such that they can keep their surroundings and country clean always. We don't need someone to clean our street for a day and click pics
It is sad that everything is so hyped and media oriented...!!!
