We often hear people talking about development in a very simplistic and general manner, often they fail to understand its true meaning. Mostly, the citizens will expect that they get a government job with accompanying security in service and secured pension. Youth should realise that good days will only come and you will embark on path of progress only by working hard, maintaining required standards and quality. People expect results instantly, which is unrealistic. Patience is necessary to achieve success.
Our Railways are performing good work, considering the vast network of their operation. The railways have upgraded the internet based ticketing system and also have introduced mobile ticketing on suburban section. The government must take steps to generate power and its effective distribution. It is necessary to eradicate electricity theft in a country like India might result in a loss of up to a third of the power generated. Same is the case of water availability. Even though the BMC has introduced 20 per cent water cut but the civic body has failed to curb water leakage which is occurring mostly in slum areas. The quality of pipe lines needs to be improved but burgeoning population creates lot of hindrance. Not a single minister talks about controlling the rising population. Some of them are more bothered about imposing a ban on meat.
Training must be imparted to youth for enabling them to become skilled workers. Our criminal justice system is such that powerful and wealthy people seldom are awarded punishment and poor people become victims.
Garbage collection, segregation and disposal is very important. Of the 1,27,486 tonnes of waste generated daily in India in 2011-12, Mumbai alone accounted for 6.11 per cent. It is estimated that every resident in the metropolis now generates about 630 grams of waste daily, a figure that is expected to touch 1 kg in the coming years. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ambitious plans to process and manage the 7,000-8,000 metric tonnes (MT) of waste generated daily. But since the formulation of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules (management and handling) in 2000, most of these ideas have either failed to take off. Critics say while the BMC has an elaborate system in place for collection and transportation of waste, there are no real-time checks in place to see if the appointed contractors are following specifications. If BMC wants to increase segregation of waste, it will first have to invest in more dust bins for Mumbai. Agriculture is considered unfashionable but recently at Cambridge I saw how beautifully they do harvesting, packaging using mechanical means with great aesthetic accuracy.