Strike 'exposes' Swachh Bharat

Neither political leaders nor district officials were seen removing the piled up garbage on the streets and government offices in Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Kagaznagar, Bellampalli and other municipalities in the district.

The garbage remained there till some sanitary workers who called off their strike started removing it.

It is surprising to note that politicians and babus were active with the brooms during the Swacha Bahrath programme.  

The strike exposed their commitment to the Swach Bhrarath porgramme. But some individuals and groups who were conscious about the sanitation made efforts to remove the garbage in their localities especially in cities like Hyderabad. But there was no such effort from anybody in small towns.

No politician or officials came forward to remove the garbage in government offices and in the colonies when the sanitary went on strike.

The piled up garbage started getting cleared from the colonies only a section of the sanitary workers swung into action.

Everybody was waiting for the strike to be called off as the residents of the colonies could no longer bear the foul smell emerging from the piled up garbage. Even today, a large number of people think that sanitation related work is menial.

Resident of Vidyanagar in Adilabad observed that the ruling party Ministers and MLAs convinced a section of sanitary municipal workers affiliated to their party (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) to call off their strike promising to fulfill their demands but the latter could not motivate the officials and public to clear the garbage.