A pleasant Sunday morning ended up in an altercation with a guy whose mutt dropped its shite right in front of my house. And this, with the guy standing and watching nonchalantly. When I asked (you think so?) him how his civic sense was so low, and that how he could allow this to happen, I was shocked on hearing, "koi law hai to batao yaaro". Now, do we need laws & rules to keep people from making their pets to defecate around the world? How is it that our sense of hygiene and sanitation reached such lows? The same guy or anyone in his place would ensure this doesn’t happen in front his own house, would he? World over there are rules where-in pet owners need to carry a bag and collect the faeces. Even in Mumbai there are action groups which keep the pressure mounted on BMC to monitor and ensure that the faeces are collected and discarded by pet owners all by themselves. My question is, will only an iron fisted approach be the solution to something as basic keeping our own surroundings clean? People should understand the dangers of leaving pet wastes in the streets that in turn would affect their own surroundings. It is learnt that this waste in turn reaches our drains/gutters and then to all the connected natural water bodies. The same waste then comes back to us through the sea food we eat. Now pl tell me, whether bye-laws and govt. rulings to stop us dirtying our environment or a concerted action by way of educating pet owners would be more effective? I think we all know the anwer.
:D :D.....its funny how such ignorant ppl want to live life in a grand way by keeping pets but simply forget to follow standard hygiene rules.....
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