This piece is a counter to Mr. Harris article about how Delhi is special to millions in-spite of everything.

Why I chose to live in Delhi and how I fell in love with it:
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/delhi-us-city-life-9-11-dilliwala-chandni-chowk-cancer-aids-mir-taqi-mir-racism/story/1/4089.html

Enjoy

R.

Agreed this has to be from both ways, visionary leadership and common man.Leadership has to step forward and people to follow later. Motivate people or make some strict laws. You know what happened to Swatch Bharat Abhiyaan,it became a photo session for few politicians and after one week all gone. This has to be done at war level. Eg Make Green India Abhiyan and plant trees, employ manpower,engage common man, engage MCD or other govt organisation,keep separate budget of few thousand crores pan India. Ensure that target set is achieved. I would appreciate govt spending money,time and effort in something like at least for few months.Environment, pollution, water,rivers,air etc is must in India now. But as rightly said visionary leadership is missing. They have their own priorities.


quote]Originally posted by BlueLobster

While I agree with the gist of the post and the need for visionary leadership, Singapore/HK are not really valid comparisons to India, the scale and complexity of the job in a diverse democracy like India is vastly different. We live in an era of the internet now, so what worked for 18th century UK will not work for us. I think a better approach would be to have a grassroots effort that uses the technology available today.

I do not absolve politicians of the responsibility here, but I'm convinced that simply waiting for a politician to do something will yield no results - the leadership needs to come from the people. And a big part of this will be to hold politicians and enforcement accountable to do their jobs.

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I was under impression that AK would take some serious steps towards pollution, improving air quality, making Delhi greener and cleaner but nothing concrete till now from his or his minister end. They are busy with transfers or postings of officers. Namo and his ministers do not have time to think or work on these issues, they have other big agendas or different ways to bring Acche Din. So, whom to rely upon?

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