The Clean Arunachal campaign which began yesterday across the state is a very good initiative. The campaign will run till 13th February culminating into statehood day celebration on February 20. Ever since the campaign began normally dirtied streets of capital complex looks cleaner. People are voluntarily turning up in large number to clean colonies, sectors and streets of national highway which is really encouraging to see. Reports of clean drive being organized on large scale are pouring in from districts too. Especially participation of young children is a positive sign.
It’s important to inculcate sense of cleanliness among the children. If they develop this habit they will take the message to their home and to the friends. Also such kind of campaign should be organized almost every month. Why should it be limited to just for one month? When it is matter of keeping our town and village clean, the role of citizens is vital. We cannot depend only on government agencies to do dirty job of keeping the town clean. The citizens need to chip in from their side and don’t dirtied the town. Government should carry out more awareness campaign in this regard. Citizens should be educated about cleanliness. Also strict action should be initiated against those who dirty the town. Unless such drastic action is taken, organizing cleanliness campaign will be of no use.