SWACHH VISAKHA THROUGH SWACHH BHARATH
(The Opinion
Survey from Greater Visakhapatnam Citizens)
Abstract
Swachh Bharath
Mission was launched by our Hon. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on October
2,2014 with Mahatma Gandhi as the inspiration, to create a clean India of his
dream by 2019.The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most
significant cleanliness campaign by the Government of India. Shri Narendra Modi
led a cleanliness pledge at India Gate, which about thirty lakh government
employees across the country joined. He also flagged off a walkathon at Rajpath
and surprised people by joining in not just for a token few steps, but marching
with the participants for a long way. While leading the mass movement for
cleanliness, the Prime Minister exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s
dream of a clean and hygienic India. Shri Narendra Modi himself initiated the
cleanliness drive at Mandir Marg Police Station. Picking up the broom to clean
the dirt, making Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a mass movement across the nation, the
Prime Minister said people should neither litter, nor let others litter. He
gave the mantra of ‘Na gandagikarenge, Na karnedenge.’ Shri Narendra Modi also
invited nine people to join the cleanliness drive and requested each of them to
draw nine more into the initiative. The basic objective
is to create sanitation facilities for all and eliminate completely the
unhealthy practice of open defacation. The objectives of the campaign include
elimination of open defacation, conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush
toilets, eradication of manual scavenging and above all to bring a behavioral
change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices and to ensure public
participation in achieving these objectives
The project examines about Swacch Visakhapatnam
through Swacch Bharat, to know whether the people of Visakhapatnam are aware of
it, how the people are making use of the facilities provided by the government,
to know whether there is an improvement in the city after the launch of Swachh
Bharath Abhiyan and how the city has been in terms of cleanliness.
The Objectives of the Study: To know the awareness of
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan among the citizens of Visakhapatnam Greater City, To know
the opinion of people on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in terms of Cleanliness, To know
whether the people are following healthy sanitation practices or not and To
suggest the initiatives for development of Programme for Policy makers.
To outreach the objectives of the research, a questionnaire was prepared in order to assess their knowledge, Perception and Practices regarding Swachh Bharath Abhiyan. A study was conducted among 254 respondents. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS Software.
Methodology:
Primary Data:
Survey
forms are distributed to the local residents of Visakhapatnam for data
collection. Survey forms contain questionnaire. The reasons were:
1) To
determine whether or not the queries chosen are going to be relevant in
addressing the set objectives of the analysis and conjointly to update form and
discard pointless queries.
2) To
rectify errors before the specific questionnaires go out to the particular
respondents.
3) To calculate the intermediate response rate within the use of numerous medium for information collection.
Sample Size:
The
population under-study which consists of
the population 4.3072 million (estimated) as of 2019, it is remarkably
impossible to interview such chaotic amount of population. 254 respondents of
Visakhapatnam have been surveyed.
Results and Discussions: In the study, 38.97 per cent of
respondents with age group 15-25 have more awareness of Swachh Bharath Abhiyan
compared to the other age groups. It is resulted that age does not have any
impact on awareness of Swachh Bharath Abhiyan. It can be concluded that more
per cent (65.74) of respondents did not volunteer in Swachh Bharath Abhiyan.
36.61 per cent of respondents with education U.G. & above are more aware of
Swachh Bharath Abhiyan App compared to other education levels. It can be
concluded that more percent of respondents have not used the Swachh Bharath
Abhiyan app. It is resulted that education does not have any impact on usage of
Swachh Bharath Abhiyan app. It can be concluded that cent percent are aware on
wet & dry waste. 36.22 per cent of respondents belonging to U.G. &
above education dispose wet & dry waste separately more compared to
respondents in other education levels. 24.01 per cent of respondents of U.G.
& above responded that there is more availability of wet & dry waste
dustbins in their locality. 51.6 percent of respondents said that the dumpster
trucks come daily to pick up the household waste. It can be concluded that more
number of respondents i.e. 33.1 percent give less than Rs.50 to the dumpster
trucks in their locality per month. More number of respondents i.e. 37.79 percent of
U.G. & above education level use eco-friendly bags more compared to
respondents of other education levels. It
is resulted that education does not have any impact on usage of eco-friendly
bags. More number of respondents i.e. 45.7 percent found less littering
on roads compared to other respondents. More number of respondents i.e. 28.7
percent strongly agreed that they are satisfied with their sewage systems in
their locality. More number of respondents i.e. 35.0 percent agreed that the
road dividers are appropriately covered with plants compared to other
respondents. More number of respondents i.e. 24.40 percent of U.G. & above
education strongly agreed that the cleanliness of the city has improved after
the launch of Swachh Bharath Abhiyan compared to the respondents of other
education levels. It is resulted that education does
not have any impact on improvement of cleanliness after the launch of Swachh
Bharath Abhiyan. More number of respondents i.e. 37.79 percent of U.G. & above
education strongly agreed that Swachh Bharath Abhiyan was needed in India
compared to respondents of other education levels. It can be concluded that
more number of respondents i.e. 16.14 percent of U.G. & above education
strongly agreed that Swachh Bharath has changed the mindset of people. It can
be concluded that more number of respondents i.e. 24.40 percent of 15-25 age
group said that construction of public toilets, proper disposal of industrial
waste, ban of plastic bags and improvement of sewage systems should be done in
order to make this campaign more effective compared to other age groups.
It is resulted that age factor does not have any impact on needs of the
campaign. More number of respondents i.e. 40.15 percent of U.G. & above
education are aware of Swachh Survekshan 2020 compared with respondents of
other education levels. It is resulted that
education does not have any impact on awareness of Swachh Survekshan 2020.
Major Findings of the study: Open
defecation has always been a major problem in India and it is being practiced
for many years continuously .People in rural areas are especially prone to open
elimination and no one can deny the fact that the open elimination is a big
reason for causing diseases and sometimes fatal diseases like cholera,
diarrhea, typhoid etc
Swachh
Bharath Abhiyan will help India in becoming open defection free and rural to be
healthy and happy.
The
condition in urban areas in India is not much better than those in the
rural areas in context of cleanliness Big cities and towns are the main sources
of open dumping and littering. Even, sometimes, the open dumping is done on the
road side or near a public place like any park, shopping malls, schools and
colleges and other places and people passing through these ways are infected to
dangerous viruses and get sick.
The
poor hygiene and sanitation also effect the economic condition of India and
makes it slowly worse every year.
As
per another report/survey, children death rate in India is very high and it
invites the death of minimum 1000 children everyday only because of poor
hygiene, lack of cleanliness and the mass practices of open excretion.
The extreme need of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” in India can also
be understood by the fact that the river “Ganga”, which is considered to be the
holiest river in India and bathing in which was considered to make you get rid
of many diseases, has now became dirty and now it’s Open elimination has always been a
major problem in India and it is being practiced for many years
continuously.
• As per another report/survey,
children’s death rate in India is very high and it invites the death of minimum
1000 water is being the reason
for many diseases
Policy
Implications: Go organic, stop
using plastics, gift someone something wrapped in newspapers, reduce your
carbon footprint, throw wrappers in dustbins only. There are numerous effect
you can make and give contribution towards cleanliness of India.
1 Make them understand that we have some responsibilities
towards India and cleanliness is one of them.
2 Probability is there, if you do above two in regular basis
and show them your contribution towards Swachh Bharath, they will learn slowly
and steadily.
3 Tell them a large part of India would be avoiding various
health hazards if we just give our sincere contribution towards Swachh Bharath
Abhiyan.
4 Government has urged has every citizen to spend 100 hours of
the year towards the cleanliness program of India(approx 16 min)
5 Using public transportation.
Fi Finding a washroom and not littering on roads.
7 Absence of good hygiene is also
caused by the lack of proper knowledge Poor people living in camps in urban
areas do not possess education and that is why they do not understand the value
of sanitation. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has also focused on making people aware of
the bad effects of poor hygiene and telling them to maintain proper cleanliness
around them for their own safety
8 Cleanliness is not for our personal
growth only but it is also for the growth of the nation as well. Cleaning the
national birth rights and public places in India and making them choking free
will grow the tourism in India that will ultimately increase the GDP of the
nation and will help to run the economy smoothly.
“Pick up the broom without being mean; our basic need is
proper cleanliness and hygiene”
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