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Some information on Saaf Aangan from
Madhu Savant:
Some places in Mumbai where Saaf Aangan has been implemented:
- N.Dutta Marg, 4 Bungalows, Andheri
West - the ALM has taken up the entire road
- B.D.Sawant Marg, between HLL and
Gold Spot factory, near the Western Express highway, Andheri East
- taken up by Mr.Sawant's NGO I Clean Mumbai - road named after
Mr.Sawant's father
- 10 years back, I Clean Mumbai
initiated Saaf Aangan with 83 Police Stations in Mumbai - police
stations are noticeably clean, with potted plants, and frontage is
always encroachment free.
- Police Officers' Colony in Yari
Road, Andheri West - has adopted the road in front of their Colony
- Reliance Energy in Santacruz East
has adopted Saaf Aangan
- Schools - BMC is supposed to keep a
150 m stretch around all schools in Mumbai encroachment free - and
hence Saaf Aangan is implementable easily for schools
- Some Government offices: the Sales
Tax Office in Bandra has implemented Saaf Aangan
Some other points:
- Implementation of Saaf Aangan does
not require any money to be spent
- Implementation of Saaf Aaangan does
not violate any constitutional or legal or judicial law / act /
rights of any people - since the footpath is for walking, and
roads are for travelling - and hence they must be kept clean and
encroachment free.
- Saaf Aangan can even be implemented
in declared hawking zones, where hawker pitches are demarcated on
the footpath - as the hawkers can be persuaded to co-operate in
implementing Saaf Aangan and providing litter baskets / bins, thus
attracting more customers to a clean environment
- encroachers / hawkers ask those
citizens who try to keep the footpath clean and encroachment free,
if the footpath belongs to them - the answer is yes, it does
belong to those who dwell, work, at that place, and hence it is
their responsibility to keep it clean
- Madhu Savant believes that Saaf
Aangan is the only way to keep the city clean, and the footpaths
and roads free of encroachments - this in turn prevents the
institutionalising of hawkers and pavement dwellers by local
politicians / municipal councillors in exchange for votes - and
this further prevents the creation and execution of flawed and
unsustainable schemes such as the Slum Rehab Scheme which promises
a free house to a slum dweller, with no incentive or deterrent for
that person to stay off the public street permanently.
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