Here is a list of few things
- Roads are maintained in good condition.
- Street lights function
- Whenever roads are dug up, proper signs and safety precautions are put in place
- Garbage is collected on a regular basis
- Road digging should be a planned activity with the involvement of all agencies that require to dig the road and repair it subsequently. We often find a road dug up, resurfaced and then dug up again in a very short span of time.
- Gardens, if any are available, should be maintained properly
- Water supply, the bane of all metros, should be clean and adequate.
- All construction firms and their promoters should be black-listed for not obtaining occupation certificates for buildings constructed by them singly or as a partner/director.
- Illegal construction should not happen in any urban conglomerate.
- Information of local authorities should be made available to the people such as
- Ward officer
- Police Officer/ Constables
- Sewerage and Garbage In Charge
- Water Supply In Charge
- Electric Supply In Charge
- Local Municipal Representative of the people
- Local elected MLA
- Sports clubs should be created and sports activities encouraged to foster closer community integration.
- Senior citizens should be enumerated, protected and provided for
- Community interaction and gatherings should be organized
- Library / Reading Room facilities should be made available to all free of cost.
- Business establishments should be made to follow fair business practices and subscribe to a fair practice code.
It is time that the authorities that be wake up to these simple and small needs of the people
