Moodubelle: Will there be a solution to the pathetic condition of Santhekatte...?

By VGA, Moodubelle
Bellevision Media Network

Moodubelle, 30 August 2010: In a village like Moodubelle, the market place holds much importance as people from all walks of life visit the place for their needs such as buying grocery, vegetables, fish, fruits, etc. and even for meeting the local administrative staff and people’s representatives. Hence, the market place need to be clean and hygienic as many people visit this place and the market place acts as a face of a village.

 

Recently, I was in Moodubelle on my annual vacation and happened to visit the ‘Santhekatte’ few times. The first impression I got when I visited this place on a sunny Wednesday morning was horrible and pathetic. I could not resist the temptation of sharing my experience of the pathetic condition of the Santhekatte with the readers of bellevision.com

 

The market place was scattered with a lot of garbage that seems to have been left behind by the make-shift shop keepers who pitch their shops for the weekly market on Tuesdays. However, it is surprising that no one seems to be bothered to clear the garbage and other dirt that lies around. Besides this problem, there is no proper surfacing to the ground where people buy vegetables, fish, fruits and other food items. One can also see the stagnated water especially during the monsoon and the small puddles of water are the ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes and other insects and bacteria which are the carriers of infectious diseases. The situation near the fish selling section of the Santhekatte is equally worrisome. Besides being unclean, the area is being hounded by stray dogs and cats.

 

 

People are generally concerned about the cleanliness around their homes. Even the temples, church and schools maintain certain degree of cleanliness and neatness. Then what prevents the local administration and people in general from keeping the market place clean and neat? Is it that the administration is not concerned with the cleanliness though its office is located just next to the Santhekatte? Or is it that the people are full of apathy and indifferent that they are not bothered about the condition of the market which they visit once or twice in a week.

 

Some time back there was a news item in the very website regarding a major plan to restructure the market place. It would be in the interest of the people in general and the local administration in particular to look into the matter of improving the structural and hygienic condition of the Santhekatte. By such progressive activities people can feel the positive impact of the administration.

 

There is no point in simply blaming the local administration, its officials or different political parties. The need of the time is for the people to present their grievances before the administration and put forward their demands for cleanliness and hygiene rather than grumbling about lack of proper amenities. It is important that the people together with the elected representatives, irrespective of their party affiliation, work together for better amenities and if it is beyond their means or jurisdiction to take up the matter at higher level so that the much needed market place can be remodeled and rebuilt with proper planning and keeping in view the convenience of the make-shift shop keepers, fisher women and the people in general. Will the concerned people listen and act...?