DHRUVIN

Did you know that the citizens of a developed nation clean their house with a vacuum cleaner not more than 1'ce a week? Yet, the house sparkles. Those blokes are all working class people. They cannot afford to clean their house every week.

In India, you place a newly purchased show piece in your house and within just 2 days the amount of dust which accumulates over it makes it look like trash. This discourages me to entertain any showpiece into my house. Despite the daily chores performed by our maids, the house does not sparkle. This might sound like an introduction of a tele marketing domestic use cleaning product. But no, I’m serious.

I reckon of the following to the think-tanks of our country:

>          Seal the residential waysides. Either seal them with concrete slabs of pavements or with verdant sprawls. That latter suggestion sounds soothing, albeit not economical. We are a developing nation. The government does not fix potholes, so sealing the waysides is out of the question. This should be a social proactive step.

>           Carbon from antiquated HMVs hurl not only a kilo of dust on your million $ face but also fling a ton of debris and dust as they run over the waysides and potholes which are temporarily sealed with mud, and seldom with asphalt. Therefore, I suggest that we set a new canon wherein one either has to do away with their legacy HMVs or tweak it to the set standard of the Swedish Volvos.

>          Encourage usage of vacuum cleaner type appliances. Traditional Indian Duster or “Jhadoo” transfers dust from one place to other. So does “pichee”. The only problem is consumption of electricity and the noise thus generated.

>          Trees, trees, trees more trees. I reminisce my schooling science text books affirming that trees control soil erosion. The less you cover soil with grass, more untamed dusty breeze is let out. 

>          The government could probably deploy some mechanisms which act as a stimulant for people to be proactive. Say, rebate in property tax is offered to those who have a 1:5 ratio of green + no surfaced soil under their property premises. The same should be applicable to huge commercial establishments.

>          Reduce road tax and induce emission tax. The proportion of a carbon emission will decide the amount of tax a transport company pays. This might encourage influx of hybrid vehicles and more eco friendly vehicles.

I should stop, I just realized I am trying to picture a dangerous dream.