Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Every one of us is found proudly pronouncing that cleanliness is the half of faith. Verbally we are highly supportive of this religious cliche and use it abundantly in our daily conversation to express our concern for the issue of personal hygiene and sanitation in the surrounding but do we really mean it when we bring this word on our lips? Do our lives are practically reflective of our proclamations? Have a silent look over yourself and think.

As far as our personal hygiene is concerned, we can say to some extent that, we are extremely conscious of it. Highly conscious in the sense that it is a common practice of all of us to wash face again and again using variety of costly cleansers rubbing as many times as possible in a day. Beauty items are applied to clean and further enhance our state of freshness and prettiness. Cleaning dirt from face and body is truly our half faith.

We do same thing with our own homes by taking care of its internal and external decor and white washing them every year or on special occasions. Every nook and corner of the house is cleansed either by our own hands or by keeping a maid with strict instructions and issuing them special operating procedures (SOPS). Every one or head of the family makes sure cleaning and its maintenance politely or rudely whatever deems suitable for the members.

On contrary, miserable and pathetic conditions of sanitation right outside our homes; in the streets, squares, roads, markets and recreational places is evident of our actual belief in noble message of cleanliness. Once city is swept by sanitary staff early in the morning or as per schedule, every one of us start contributing by littering everywhere across the city in all possible form; throwing wrappers of candies and leftovers of eatables, spitting around on roads and showing carelessness while putting garbage into bins.

Ironically in our society, waste or litter is supposed not to keep in our houses or possessions like vehicles. Anything such as litter is believed to be thrown out of our possessions on the streets, roads or...