You should see Patna during the festival of Chhath. The city looks so clean, and I always wondered why Patna cannot be as clean always. If people can work so devotedly to keep the city clean during those days, I don't understand why there should be a problem to maintain it always!!

I still remember very clearly that my dad tried placing a big trash can on the road. All the neighbours were requested to dispose their trash in the trash can. They followed for a day or two and then decided it was too much of a trouble to follow ! And then one fine morning the trash can disappeared. This happened every time my dad placed a new trash can. So he finally got frustrated, and instead got a hole dug for everyone to throw their trash. Guess what..... dogs, cows and crows would pull the trash and litter it all over the road. My dad gave up !! He finally hired a person who came every day to clean the road!

So, I believe its the people who have to work for the cleanliness. Some strict laws need to be set up of course, so that the people are forced to keep their city clean. It's a dream, but not an impossible one. - Anjali Prasad - Sept. 29, 2008

Patna folks need to understand the need of today is not just by watching whole world getting develop via Cable TV or Star TV but to follow the discipline the world or even few Indian states have followed to be a developed state or country. The temperament of a progressive society is absolutely missing among the Patna'ites.

People of Patna and Bihar have got to help Mr. Nitish to bring Bihar back its old glory. They can do by simply following common civic sense. The Patna's drainage system is choked at every suction point because of people throwing insoluble thrash like plastic bags in it. Ok, who is responsible for it? Partly PMC and the Bihar Governments who did not care to maintain the drainage nets (manholes) and mostly because of those folks living there ignored the consequences of filling or letting others ignorant throw plastic bags in it.

CM Nitish Kumar at least has willingness to get these mess cleaned and maintained but who is cooperating with him? The company who was suppose to clean and rebuilt Patna's drainage system was a central government agency who were putting faulty bricks and making money. Well, a central government agency can be that bad, I cannot even imagine. When caught, they were kicked out of the project and hopefully new company will do the job. Sabra ki zarurat hai.

I must agree that the PMC (Patna Municipal Corporation) is another monster cause of today's mess of Patna. These PMC employee has got habit of getting salary for no work. Lalu Blessing? You ask them today to work, next day they will be up with 'red' flags. Jindabad-Murdabad blah, blah. Pura 'Nasl' bigar chukaa hai.

Go to any office and nobody wants to get your things done and If you tell that you are related to a political leader or an administrative officer, the same kamchor clerk/officer will start running around and get your work done in no time. I am not making this up, it's my experience from my several visits to Bihar in recent years. Although, during my last visit to Bihar (2007) I found that these Nikamma state workers are a little bit nervous and now leaning toward getting things done without making your vacation a nightmare. Nitish factor?

This is simply pathetic to see that Biharis are well known for their habit of hard work all over the world but they are cunningly 'Kamchor' at their own home land. - Narendra Singh, Hartford-USA - Oct. 1, 2008

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