Swachhata Abhiyan – we must remember and follow nursery rhyme Bits of Paper, bits of paper …. And other such poems concerning human and social being.

[CA DEV KUMAR KOTHARI]

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However, cleanliness / swachhata  is very important for our productivity and efficiency.  Therefore, the lesson of nursery class being foundation course for our life time is very important and we must memorize and remember the nursery rhyme by our heart and soul.

 Let us recall and memorize  nursery poem:

Many of readers might not have read the poem as kids, but their children must have read and recited the same, so we must learn from poems sung by children also.

Respected  PM honorable Narendra Modi ji has initiated “ Swachh Bharat Abhiyam / Mission” which  is very commendable.

However, the moot question is whether, ministers, secretaries, officers , staff , and some from general public,sweeping for few hours or few  days will make Bharat Swachh?

I am extremely doubtful about the same.

Basic Rule is taught in nursery, but is unfortunately forgotten:

If we all remember , follow and apply nursery rhyme bits of paper **.... in our life we can achieve swachha Ghar, Swachha Mohalla, Swachha gaon , swachha towns and cities and swachha Bharat.

What most of us, which we learnt in nursery, forgot and that is why our Prime Minister has to announce Swachha Bharat  Abhiyan.

Let  us memories  nursery rhyme: 

Bits of paper,
Bits of paper;
Lying on the floor,
Lying on the floor;

Makes the place untidy,
Makes the place untidy;
Pick them up,
Pick them up.

        -  And put them in dustbin to make room clean. (added by me)

The pictorial depiction was also given in the rhyme for easy understanding by kids and that is added by me in poem.

I still remember this poem because I follow it since my childhood. I still practice on this and put anything like piece of paper or other rubbish found in dustbin, whenever it is possible for me. Few times in a month a operate vacuum cleaner, in my home to make and keep my home cleaner.  Before operating vacuum cleaner also it is necessary that mota mota  kachara is  picked up and put into dust bin.

Operating vacuum cleaner provide a very good work out which is good for health. After vaccum cleaning the home,  it is felt very clean and swachha.

Forgotten nursery poems:

I spoke to ten students of Higher Secondary and colleges. No one could recall the poem; the reason is that they do not follow the lesson taught by the poem. It is unfortunate that many things taught in nursery class and primary classes are not remembered. That is one of reason of falling moral . In nursery we used to read, pray etc that ‘BHARAT MERA DESH HEY , SABHI BHARTIYA MERE BHAI BAHAN HEY.

This is also not remembered by many. If these words be memorized and kept in heart and soul there will be no offences. 

Therefore, we must make attempt to memorize such  poem sby hear t and follow the same in our life as far as possible.  

Her e is my first attempt to write a poem on the subject and first draft of poem is given  below:

“ Chota chota kachra,  Chota Chota Kachra” !,

 “Ghar banata Ganda, Ghar Banata Ganda,!!

 “Ganda ghar, ganda ghar –

   mohalla, kasba, city aur desh  ko kare Ganda, Desh ko kare Ganda”,!!! 

“Kachra kam karo, kachra compress karo, kachra, kachre dan me dalo, ghar ko saf rakho,”

 “Ghar hua Acha Ghar Hua Acha, dhire dhire desh bhi hoga accha desh bhi hoga achha...”

Some more  poems with some modifications and in different languages with  pictures must be placed on all public places to promote habit of “keep clean” and  don't  icrease and  spread dirt, reduce dirt as much as possible.

Under Swach Bharat,   doing cleaning for few days (many doing as 'just for show' and compulsion) will not make Bharat Swachha.

We all must develop habit of keeping swacchta.

One must  himself do at least some of  cleaning of his work place, living place and should not spread  kachara.

"Kachara Control" is another aspect. We must adopt such means that generation of Kachara is reduced.

Disposal of Kachara  even in  "hand compressed" manner reduces volume of Kachara.

I find many people just throwing card board boxes, packing material as it is- this shows very high volume. Just by  hand compression boxes, bags, papers,  volume of kachra can be reduced considerably.

Ghost workers

Ghost workers in sweeping, cleaning activitiss must be controlled and can be reduced considerably in all government organizations, municipalities , offices etc.

Pilferage of cleaning material:

In government offices, municipalities, etc.  large scale  pilferage of sweeping and cleaning materials and tooling is also a cause of concern,  and reason of lack of cleanliness. Idle time of sweepers, sweepers not doing full duty is reason of government offices, government buildings,  railway stations, bust stations, government hospitals, government schools, roads,  streets, and lanes  remaining un-cleaned and showing bad picture about cleanliness.

Public feeling is that municipal sweepers work for just half of time they should do, and that there are large number of ghost sweepers.

All these need to be controlled if we want to have cleanliness everywhere.

Let us keep in mind what we learned in our primary and secondary education, because that is our foundation of present higher education which we could achieve because our primary and secondary education was strong.

Besides remembering  subjects of our profession, we must also remember basics of our family and  social life.