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Hi!

I need a help. 

Long story short, I am bothered and saddened by the open defecation I see being done on the main road, especially by women, and others too, when I go for early morning run. 

I decided it long back that I will try to do something about this but kept on procrastinating it for like a year now. The episode 3 of the Unacademy-TVF Aspirant series was a mind and  eye opener for me, wherein that dude writes a mail to PWD and gets the pothole fixed. I was motivated and decided that i won’t procrastinate it any further and will do something about the issue which I am not liking at all.

The most ideal way for me seems to be to write an email to the higher authorities. For this purpose, I have collected emails of officers via govt website. I am planning to write an email addressing to the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and adding to CC, other high level officers such as commissioner of Faridabad district, deputy commissioner, SDM  of Faridabad etc etc.  

Now this is where I require suggestion/help. Will this be a sound option to proceed with or is there any other way possible which would result in higher chances of success?

Secondly, I am sharing below the email I have drafted which I will be sending to the officials. I tried to be as crisp, formal and to the point, as possible. Any input/ suggestion on this would be really helpful. 

Thirdly, keeping in mind the havoc that second wave of infection is causing, will it be wise to write an email regarding this issue at prevailing times in the first place? :/

Thank you.

Please help me if possible.

The email I have drafted:-

Hello.

I’m a resident of old Faridabad and I have a request as well as some suggestions to make which requires your attention and intervention, both.

Issue- 

The issue for which I’m writing this mail is theopen defecationI see, especially done by women, every early morning, when i go for a run.  It really pains my heart to see women defecating in the open, getting interrupted and standing as a result of shame, every time a vehicle or a person passes by. This seems to me, a direct attack on both, women empowerment as well as Swachh Bharat campaign.

Location: 

Consider yourself coming from Shooting Range road, you reach Surajkund roundabout, you take straight road which goes to Ballabgarh via Manav Rachna International university. On your left, there comes NHPC Faridabad office. In front of the first gate which comes to your left while on the road going towards Manav Rachna university, there is a small locality on the opposite side of the road where people residing there have created hamlets\ small-small houses for dwelling purpose. It is the residents of this locality, who defecate in the open as they don’t have any toilets available.

Steps which  should be taken:

1. Construction of individual toilets at each home of that locality. Or,
2. If not private, then construction of  common toilets, free of any usage charge as I think those residents would not be willing to pay any such amount. And,
3. Creating awareness among the people of that locality, sensitising them about the hygiene issues, and nudging them to not defecate openly but inside these newly built toilets.

I hope and pray that my request would be given due heed and attention and the steps that I have suggested will be worked upon. I did my work as a citizen by informing that there is  a certain gap which is existing in the society. Now as administrators, it is your duty to bridge this gap. Please work upon it as soon as possible.

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

While waiting for your letter to get a reply, you can ask the people defecating whether there is a community toilet in the nearby range. If yes, ask the reason they are not using it. If the reason is financial, why don't you offer to cover 2-3 month worth of charges? Generally, it is 2-5 rupees per turn. This will give an instant solution to the problem while the long term permanent solution will be looked into by the government.

Due to aggressive SBM, community toilets have come up literally at every 1-2 km. You may look at your map and guide them to a nearby facility. 

The challenge- Approaching them and making them feel comfortable. It is tricky, but it can work with the right approach. You may observe their coming and going times and other behavioural patterns to plan your approach.

Do not sound condescending at any level, instead display empathy and make them feel safe and understood. Words can change hearts and touch souls.

TheNotorioussaid

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TheNotorioussaid

Hi!

I need a help. 

Long story short, I am bothered and saddened by the open defecation I see being done on the main road, especially by women, and others too, when I go for early morning run. 

I decided it long back that I will try to do something about this but kept on procrastinating it for like a year now. The episode 3 of the Unacademy-TVF Aspirant series was a mind and  eye opener for me, wherein that dude writes a mail to PWD and gets the pothole fixed. I was motivated and decided that i won’t procrastinate it any further and will do something about the issue which I am not liking at all.

The most ideal way for me seems to be to write an email to the higher authorities. For this purpose, I have collected emails of officers via govt website. I am planning to write an email addressing to the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and adding to CC, other high level officers such as commissioner of Faridabad district, deputy commissioner, SDM  of Faridabad etc etc.  

Now this is where I require suggestion/help. Will this be a sound option to proceed with or is there any other way possible which would result in higher chances of success?

Secondly, I am sharing below the email I have drafted which I will be sending to the officials. I tried to be as crisp, formal and to the point, as possible. Any input/ suggestion on this would be really helpful. 

Thirdly, keeping in mind the havoc that second wave of infection is causing, will it be wise to write an email regarding this issue at prevailing times in the first place? :/

Thank you.

Please help me if possible.

The email I have drafted:-

Hello.

I’m a resident of old Faridabad and I have a request as well as some suggestions to make which requires your attention and intervention, both.

Issue- 

The issue for which I’m writing this mail is theopen defecationI see, especially done by women, every early morning, when i go for a run.  It really pains my heart to see women defecating in the open, getting interrupted and standing as a result of shame, every time a vehicle or a person passes by. This seems to me, a direct attack on both, women empowerment as well as Swachh Bharat campaign.

Location: 

Consider yourself coming from Shooting Range road, you reach Surajkund roundabout, you take straight road which goes to Ballabgarh via Manav Rachna International university. On your left, there comes NHPC Faridabad office. In front of the first gate which comes to your left while on the road going towards Manav Rachna university, there is a small locality on the opposite side of the road where people residing there have created hamlets\ small-small houses for dwelling purpose. It is the residents of this locality, who defecate in the open as they don’t have any toilets available.

Steps which  should be taken:

1. Construction of individual toilets at each home of that locality. Or,
2. If not private, then construction of  common toilets, free of any usage charge as I think those residents would not be willing to pay any such amount. And,
3. Creating awareness among the people of that locality, sensitising them about the hygiene issues, and nudging them to not defecate openly but inside these newly built toilets.

I hope and pray that my request would be given due heed and attention and the steps that I have suggested will be worked upon. I did my work as a citizen by informing that there is  a certain gap which is existing in the society. Now as administrators, it is your duty to bridge this gap. Please work upon it as soon as possible.

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

While waiting for your letter to get a reply, you can ask the people defecating whether there is a community toilet in the nearby range. If yes, ask the reason they are not using it. If the reason is financial, why don't you offer to cover 2-3 month worth of charges? Generally, it is 2-5 rupees per turn. This will give an instant solution to the problem while the long term permanent solution will be looked into by the government.

Due to aggressive SBM, community toilets have come up literally at every 1-2 km. You may look at your map and guide them to a nearby facility. 

The challenge- Approaching them and making them feel comfortable. It is tricky, but it can work with the right approach. You may observe their coming and going times and other behavioural patterns to plan your approach.

Do not sound condescending at any level, instead display empathy and make them feel safe and understood. Words can change hearts and touch souls.

Thanks for the reply bhai but the suggestions you proposed do not seem to be practical to me, thereby making it hard to implement them.

 For example, you mentioned to fund the usage charge for 2-3 months. Now, while running on the road, I see around 10 people everyday going here and there with jugs and cans in their hand, implying they are going to freshen themselves up. Now, the ULB run public toilets, they charge ₹5 for usage of toilet and ₹2 for urinal. Now for 3 months , the amount sums up to ₹4500(10*₹5*30*3). Sadly, I’m a unemployed youth sustaining on my father’s earning. By no means i can ask him to give me this amount because he will be asking me the reason why I want the money, and I cannot tell him that I want to fund people wanting to use public toilets. Seedha belt aayegi bhai. Just kidding(the belt part) but i hope you get what I’m trying to say.

Secondly, you mentioned that due to aggressive SBM, there is literally a community toilet in every one-two km area. I’m not sure where this is coming from but the area about which I am talking, there is a long stretch of newly constructed road(the main road) of about 15-20kms distance but there isn’t a single ulb run public toilet on either side of this road. There are two petrol pumps having toilets which can be used free of cost by those people but these are like 2kms behind the place where the people I was talking about, live. I’m pretty sure they won’t be walking 4kms to and fro just to poop. I guess hardly anyone would specially when one  has open forest kinda area of aravalis just beside the road. Even the traffic on road is minimal at morning time, so instead of going into the forest area, women sit just at the  side of the road to defecate, thereby becoming visible to the people passing by.

There are other issues as well but I won’t be typing because zyada lamba ho jayega. 

I realised the best I can do is that I’ll write a mail to the authorities and will leave rest upon the administration to do what they feel like doing. I’ll be including the suggestions made by the above person, like sharing location on map, writing mail to political persons as well apart from the permanent executives and like wise.

Really appreciate your reply though. Thanks again.

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As per credible insider accounts, over 40% of UPSC Bhawan staff has tested positive for Covid recently, including some JS and above officers. News wrt to Members is unclear though several came in contact with those infected and are in possible isolation. A section officer, multiple wing and deptt staff are hospitalised and there is news of few unfortunate casualty as well. It's sad, the state of affairs in these bodies and ministries. Min of I&B has lost more than 5 members to this virus in past 2 days, including very senior IIS officers. Same is situation in MoH&FW, even on the Admin side and in several other Central Ministries. People at top have failed us. It's each citizen for one another. In all likelihood, UPSC is expected to release a new calendar before/around 20th May. Don't go by this piece of information alone, keep your preparation as geared as possible. Even if it doesn't get delayed much, you should be able to shift gears quick. 

As of now, Please take good care of yourself, esp the ones in Delhi considering the serious positivity rate and "R" reaching dangerous levels.

Follow the 3 Ws rigorously - Wear a mask, Watch your distance and Wash your hands. 

Take care everyone. We're all in this together

SergioRamossaid

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TheNotorioussaid

Hi!

I need a help. 

Long story short, I am bothered and saddened by the open defecation I see being done on the main road, especially by women, and others too, when I go for early morning run. 

I decided it long back that I will try to do something about this but kept on procrastinating it for like a year now. The episode 3 of the Unacademy-TVF Aspirant series was a mind and  eye opener for me, wherein that dude writes a mail to PWD and gets the pothole fixed. I was motivated and decided that i won’t procrastinate it any further and will do something about the issue which I am not liking at all.

The most ideal way for me seems to be to write an email to the higher authorities. For this purpose, I have collected emails of officers via govt website. I am planning to write an email addressing to the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and adding to CC, other high level officers such as commissioner of Faridabad district, deputy commissioner, SDM  of Faridabad etc etc.  

Now this is where I require suggestion/help. Will this be a sound option to proceed with or is there any other way possible which would result in higher chances of success?

Secondly, I am sharing below the email I have drafted which I will be sending to the officials. I tried to be as crisp, formal and to the point, as possible. Any input/ suggestion on this would be really helpful. 

Thirdly, keeping in mind the havoc that second wave of infection is causing, will it be wise to write an email regarding this issue at prevailing times in the first place? :/

Thank you.

Please help me if possible.

The email I have drafted:-

Hello.

I’m a resident of old Faridabad and I have a request as well as some suggestions to make which requires your attention and intervention, both.

Issue- 

The issue for which I’m writing this mail is theopen defecationI see, especially done by women, every early morning, when i go for a run.  It really pains my heart to see women defecating in the open, getting interrupted and standing as a result of shame, every time a vehicle or a person passes by. This seems to me, a direct attack on both, women empowerment as well as Swachh Bharat campaign.

Location: 

Consider yourself coming from Shooting Range road, you reach Surajkund roundabout, you take straight road which goes to Ballabgarh via Manav Rachna International university. On your left, there comes NHPC Faridabad office. In front of the first gate which comes to your left while on the road going towards Manav Rachna university, there is a small locality on the opposite side of the road where people residing there have created hamlets\ small-small houses for dwelling purpose. It is the residents of this locality, who defecate in the open as they don’t have any toilets available.

Steps which  should be taken:

1. Construction of individual toilets at each home of that locality. Or,
2. If not private, then construction of  common toilets, free of any usage charge as I think those residents would not be willing to pay any such amount. And,
3. Creating awareness among the people of that locality, sensitising them about the hygiene issues, and nudging them to not defecate openly but inside these newly built toilets.

I hope and pray that my request would be given due heed and attention and the steps that I have suggested will be worked upon. I did my work as a citizen by informing that there is  a certain gap which is existing in the society. Now as administrators, it is your duty to bridge this gap. Please work upon it as soon as possible.

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

While waiting for your letter to get a reply, you can ask the people defecating whether there is a community toilet in the nearby range. If yes, ask the reason they are not using it. If the reason is financial, why don't you offer to cover 2-3 month worth of charges? Generally, it is 2-5 rupees per turn. This will give an instant solution to the problem while the long term permanent solution will be looked into by the government.

Due to aggressive SBM, community toilets have come up literally at every 1-2 km. You may look at your map and guide them to a nearby facility. 

The challenge- Approaching them and making them feel comfortable. It is tricky, but it can work with the right approach. You may observe their coming and going times and other behavioural patterns to plan your approach.

Do not sound condescending at any level, instead display empathy and make them feel safe and understood. Words can change hearts and touch souls.

Thanks for the reply bhai but the suggestions you proposed do not seem to be practical to me, thereby making it hard to implement them.

 For example, you mentioned to fund the usage charge for 2-3 months. Now, while running on the road, I see around 10 people everyday going here and there with jugs and cans in their hand, implying they are going to freshen themselves up. Now, the ULB run public toilets, they charge ₹5 for usage of toilet and ₹2 for urinal. Now for 3 months , the amount sums up to ₹4500(10*₹5*30*3). Sadly, I’m a unemployed youth sustaining on my father’s earning. By no means i can ask him to give me this amount because he will be asking me the reason why I want the money, and I cannot tell him that I want to fund people wanting to use public toilets. Seedha belt aayegi bhai. Just kidding(the belt part) but i hope you get what I’m trying to say.

Secondly, you mentioned that due to aggressive SBM, there is literally a community toilet in every one-two km area. I’m not sure where this is coming from but the area about which I am talking, there is a long stretch of newly constructed road(the main road) of about 15-20kms distance but there isn’t a single ulb run public toilet on either side of this road. There are two petrol pumps having toilets which can be used free of cost by those people but these are like 2kms behind the place where the people I was talking about, live. I’m pretty sure they won’t be walking 4kms to and fro just to poop. I guess hardly anyone would specially when one  has open forest kinda area of aravalis just beside the road. Even the traffic on road is minimal at morning time, so instead of going into the forest area, women sit just at the  side of the road to defecate, thereby becoming visible to the people passing by.

There are other issues as well but I won’t be typing because zyada lamba ho jayega. 

I realised the best I can do is that I’ll write a mail to the authorities and will leave rest upon the administration to do what they feel like doing. I’ll be including the suggestions made by the above person, like sharing location on map, writing mail to political persons as well apart from the permanent executives and like wise.

Really appreciate your reply though. Thanks again.

I hope you find a permanent solution soon. It feels very good that you talk about improving the situation of others even in such testing times. Keep up the good work bhai! :)

India417102said

in my opinion the exam is getting postponed. we dont just need UPSC and its staff to be healthy for conducting the exam, but also lot of people deployed at the exam centres across India. Also, the exam centres would be expanded which means more staff requirements to conduct an exam. If the spare day on UPSC's calendar is used to conduct cancelled exams, Aug 29 is the first date I can think of. July 4 cant be the date - cases would still be high even if in the declining phase. 

Fun fact - last yr, it was May 4, 27 days before the scheduled exam date, when postponement was announced and July 4 when the new exam date was announced.

Thoughts?