Advantages and disadvantages of swachh bharat
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Swach Bharat Abhiyan
There is a famous saying, ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’. Swachh Bharat Abhiayan is cleanliness drive launched by Honorable Prime Minister, Narender Modi. India, our beloved motherland is in the direst need of cleanliness. The general state of our cities, towns, colonies, rivers, oceans, lakes, hill-stations, parks, gardens, public transportation systems, railway stations, public toilets, etc, all indicate we as a nation are not pro-cleanliness! The nationwide ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ is another proof of our vice of apathy to the squalor lying uncleaned around us!
There is no disadvantage of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. However, the advantages are many. Let’s ponder over the innumerable advantages of this campaign (abhiyan). According to Addison, cleanliness is a mark of politeness, as it produces affection, and as it bears analogy to purity of mind. It makes us agreeable to others. It is an excellent preservative of health; and several vices, destructive both to body and mind, are inconsistent with it. Cleanliness and national development go hand in hand. Cleanliness is the hallmark of national development. The more a nation is developed, the more it is clean. Have you ever seen an advanced country that is not clean? You won’t find these two things coexisting! Cleanliness is a state that is reached after lots of planning and creating the required infrastructure.
Take for instance the most advanced European countries such as UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, etc; you will find they are known among the people of the world and national prosperity. Quite contrary to these advanced countries now take into consideration the state of developing courtiers of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. One won’t find these countries much clean. Why is this stark difference? The difference is in the mentality and attitude of people.
People living in the advanced countries in Europe, America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, etc. give quite a high priority to cleanliness. Besides, being clean is the normal in these countries. These countries have become quite advanced in waste management infrastructure. Hence they are very clean and appealing too.
Cleanliness is considered as one of the most agreeable qualities. No wonder these countries are so much sought after. As a benefit of being clean these countries are centre of attraction for the affluent people of the world. Almost every progressive company, organization, and individual just wants to head for these countries for business or leisure, which gives rise to so many of economic activities.
These clean countries earn billions of dollars from tourism only. All the educated and highly skilled people prefer immigrating to these countries, which further adds to the growth and development of these countries. As a contrast the less clean countries lose all these benefits. So, you see how essential cleanliness is for national development!
Cleanliness also engenders excellent health as cleanliness implies absence of litter, stink, garbage, staleness which are breeding grounds of bacteria and other disease vectors. Cleanliness means enough beautification of surroundings through trees and plants which actually are oxygen and clean air generators. Thus cleanliness ensures enough health conducive environment.
Cleanliness is not just one man’s or organization’s responsibility. The entire nation will have to work for it. The Government along with the people’s cooperation must make maintaining national cleanliness the top most priority only then we can reap the benefits of being a clean country.
Once Swachh Bharat Abhiyan becomes successful, our nation will also reap the benefits as discussed in the aforementioned paragraphs.
ADVANTAGES OF SWACH BHARAT :
1. Boost in tourism
2. Improve health of masses
3. Adoption of clean technology
4. Improved productivity of individuals attract foreign direct investment (FDI)
DISADVANTAGES OF SWACHH BHARAT :
1. Needs a lot of support
2. Improbability of sustained effort
3. Difficulty in enforcement
4. No clear goals
Hope this would help you.