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FROM THE EDITOR
The death of a schoolgirl in Pune from swine flu has raised the spectre of the pandemic hitting the country. But the real alarming condition is the spread of waterborne ailments which are affecting the people. Though the newspapers are reporting the number of affected cases, the figures are not for real as many people do not take medical help on time. While the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation found out that most of the houses were breeding mosquitoes, an outbreak of diarrhoea hit 85,000 people in West Bengal as on July 20. In Mumbai, this season has brought more people to the hospital than ever before. July has been giving frightening moments to Indian citizens.
In spite of the spread of cholera, dengue, leptospirosis or malaria, year after year, the nation is unable to put in place a reasonable workable system to achieve prevention of monsoon related diseases.
Will boiling water, avoiding ice creams or raw foods, eating only hot foods or using hand sanitisers work? How can washing hands before every meal be a remedy when clean water, to begin with, is scarce in many parts of the country and the water bodies are contaminated? Poor sanitation practices and waste products from infected animals are polluting both the soil and water bodies. Our effort to achieve a minimum standard of cleanliness and hygiene needs a bigger plan and a bigger budget allocation.
The lead story of this issue of Clean India Journal examines the cleanliness practices observed by a few food processing units. We all want to know if the ice creams we buy for our children are unadulterated or the canned jam is made of fresh fruits. The processing industry is open to adopt newer cleaning technologies and methods to provide food longer shelf life. A great opportunity for the cleaning industry to collaborate with!
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