Editors Page

January 1st, 2012- January 1st, 2012 Super Admin

As part of its editorial objectives, Clean India Journal has been looking into the cleaning needs and challenges of different industries where cleaning issues are manifold. In industries like steel, automobiles or textiles, the cleaning processes are not restricted to shop floors and machines alone; water treatment, waste disposal & recovery and effluent & bio-solid management also demand attention. While interacting with different textile units for this issue’s main feature, we realised that the Indian Cleaning industry can provide a whole lot of innovative solutions to control dust and trash and to bring in good housekeeping practices. It has also been found that systematic housekeeping does have a positive impact on the productivity.
In December last year, Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank released a report on the economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in India. Lack of proper sanitation facilities resulted in an annual loss of $53.8 billion in 2006, the year of evaluation. Most of these losses were related to health and children below five years. Based on international statistics, even locally implemented toilet and hygiene interventions could have saved $32.6 billion.
Even when it comes to simple hygiene practices, the areas which are easy to follow and should be followed start with hand hygiene. Precisely that is why Clean India Journal volunteers to participate in any initiative promoting hand hygiene and other cleanliness aspects, especially for primary and pre school children. Recently, Best Practice Washroom Pvt Ltd sponsored the annual day celebration of an after school Activity Club in Mumbai by encouraging teachers, parents and children to put together a song and dance programme – driving home the importance of personal hygiene. It was fun and learning happened naturally, not just among the children, but among the parents as well.

Editor-in-Chief
Clean India Journal