Mounting Garbage & Maharagama Municipal Council Inaction

For almost three (03) weeks now, the Maharagama Municipal Council Garbage truck did not come to collect the garbage and things have started piling out at various places.

It is an eyesore and not forgetting the health risks it poses too.

Usually, the truck comes twice a week to collect the segregated garbage.

The Council was called this morning and the switchboard was unaware of the situation but was kind enough to give a Public Health Inspector’s (PHI) phone number.

That number rings eternally but the owner seems to be unaware of its existence and I could not help thinking of the purpose of giving such facilities to public servants if they do not how to put them to good use.

The Chairman’s office was tried and after a few rings, it goes to a fax machine.

The Vice Chairman’s number is no longer in operation, according to the automated recording being played.

The Secretary’s office was called and after many rings, it was picked up by a gentleman called Indrajeeth.

After a proper introduction and giving the location correctly, I briefed him about the predicament of the residents of the area.

He response was “ OK, I will inform ”.

When I asked to whom he will escalate the matter up, he had no answer to give, instead wanted my contact number.

I know well that this is just another evasive and or delaying tactics usually being put to good use by many public servants in this country.

If such important offices do not have the Caller Identification facility, then it says the pathetic state of such offices.

So here I am waiting for a call from SOMEBODY to brief me about the reasons for their failure and what actions have been taken to correct the situation immediately.

Will, it ever comes, your guess is as good as mine. 

Garbage Segregation & Political Representation

Most of us know how we should manage our household garbage.

But when it comes to put them in to action, all what we do is to put everything in a one big plastic bag and throw it out of the car window in a secluded stretch of a road.

Later we bark at authorities for failing to clean up the mess.

Why can't we segregate plastic, tins, bottles, and cardboards, biodegradable stuffs etc at home itself?

It will take extra few minutes of our time in segregation but the benefits are far better at the end.

Better disposal of garbage will ultimately bring immense social benefits.

Plastics, tins, bottles etc have reusable value and by giving them to scavengers making house call from time to time can generate a small income too.

Same goes with; when it comes to selecting people to represent us.

Social media today is awash with so many suggestions.

Many are to bar anyone from entering politics and seeking representation; unless one has a minimum level of educational qualification.

Some suggest a university degree and some say O/L.

Having a degree of some sort and or O/L alone is not a good yardstick to measure someone's capability.

Looking back, seven decades of representation history in the country will not give us any clue to pin our hopes on.

Those who were with very flamboyant foreign and locally obtained educational qualifications had done equal or more harm with those who have had bare minimum level of exposure to quality education.

If the level of exposure to qualification is not a reliable yardstick, then what should be alternative measure?

Past behaviour is a very good indicator of what to come in future.

Ask hard questions.

How did that person come to this social standing?

What were his / her past contributions to the society in general?

Never be afraid of thinking aloud.

Social Media today is a very powerful tool.

Therefore; the responsibility of who should be sent and who should not be sent is only with us.

There is no point crying foul later after selecting an Ass to represent us in the first place.

Make the right choice now.

 

කව්ද මේ කොමිස් ඉල්ලපු කෙනා ?

Now everyone is trying to take credit by claiming " මම බලන්න ගියා, මම තමයි ආරාධනා කලේ " in a very sad situation in Sri Lanka. 

But no one is asking " කව්ද මේ කොමිස් ඉල්ලපු කෙනා හොයන්න කියලා ". 

Why ?

Let's hear from those so-called champions who had been try to take credit in this Saga, කව්ද මේ කොමිස් ඉල්ලපු කෙනා හොයන්න කියලා !